Levi Terepo jailed and thug Valiant Farquhar handed youth justice for Crown casino Melbourne violence

A Gold Coast mad dog who attacked a helpless victim before brawling at Crown casino has been sent straight to the big house.

A viscous thug who teamed with a Brisbane kickboxer on a violent tirade through Melbourne which ended with a brutal Crown casino brawl has been jailed.

Levi Terepo, 21, was sentenced in the County Court on Thursday to a 16-month minimum jail term after pleading guilty to recklessly causing serious injury with gross violence and affray

Terepo joined Valiant Farquhar behind bars after his kickboxer mate was last month sentenced to two years in youth justice custody.

Farquhar, who also pleaded guilty to recklessly causing serious injury with gross violence and affray, Terepo and Zachariah Overhoff went on a violent rampage along the Southbank promenade just after midnight on June 23, 2022.

The violence kicked off after Terepo was called “gutless” by an innocent bystander for harassing homeless people at the promenade.

The court heard Farquhar, Overhoff, Terepo and other yet to be identified thugs chased the victim.

The 34-year-old man was knocked to the ground before the group – including Farquhar and Overhoff – surrounded the victim, the court heard.

The gang kicked and stomped the victim for “about 15 seconds”.

The victim suffered “immense pain” and “feared for his life”, the court was told.

Valiant Farquhar pleaded guilty to brawling at Crown casino.

The thug gang then left their victim who eventually “managed” to make it back to his hotel but was unable to enter.

The victim was unable to put any weight on his feet so he sat down and “begged” passers-by for “assistance”, the court heard.

In the meantime, Farquhar, Overhoff and their violent crew had made their way to a Crown casino food court where Terepo, who had lived in Sydney and the Gold Coast, started a fight with another man.

The incident sparked an all-in brawl at the Casino food court near where another man lost his life just months earlier following a fight.

Farquhar and Overhoff’s brutal tirade was captured on CCTV, with the graphic vision played to the court.

Judge Arushan Pillay called the footage “confronting”.

“Behaviour like this visited on innocent members of the community will not be tolerated …,” Judge Pillay said.

“Offences, such as the one you have committed, are often committed by youth and young men who bring their victims to the ground and kick and stomp upon them causing terrible injuries.”

Farquhar getting smashed in the ring.

Farquhar, of Brisbane suburb Logan, and Overhoff, a Coles Warehouse worker from Queensland, were linked to the brawl and the assaults via CCTV.

The court heard Farquhar, a competition kickboxer, is employed as an apprentice plumber and Overhoff, who also pleaded guilty to recklessly causing serious injury with gross violence and affray, trains in boxing.

Farquhar later stated he had gone out to have a “good time” and “certainly not to cause any trouble”.

Farquhar, who turned 21 just after he was sentenced, had his matter fast-tracked so to avoid being sentenced as an adult which may have ended with jail time in the big house.

Judge Pillay said Terepo was the “lead instigator” on the night of violence.

Terepo was handed a maximum 34-month jail term while Overhoff, who pleaded guilty to violent offending, will serve time in youth justice detention.

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