Brock Warr of Thomastown accused of stalking Bundoora man
A 20-year-old allegedly forced his way into his fiance’s ex-boyfriend’s Bundoora home and chased the man with a knife. And his efforts to terrify the man allegedly didn’t stop there, a court has heard.
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A man allegedly forced his way into his fiance’s ex-boyfriend’s home and chased the man with a knife the day before he and a group broke into the house, ransacking it.
The alleged victim and two friends were allegedly holed up inside the Bundoora house as Brock Warr, his pregnant fiance, and three others kicked their way in.
Warr fronted Heidelberg Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, September 8 to apply for bail.
The 20-year-old went to the alleged victim’s house six times in the five days between August 28 and September 1 allegedly to scare the man and have a ‘one-on-one’ with him.
The court heard the man had allegedly been left so scared he moved house.
Warr, who was holding a knife, and a male friend allegedly went to the Wallara Crescent house about 5pm on August 28.
When the man opened the door he immediately tried to shut it, but Warr allegedly pushed his way in and he and his friend chased the man through the house and back out onto the street.
The man ran to his neighbour’s house and called for them to ring the police, before Warr and his friend left in a car with Warr’s fiance.
Warr allegedly returned to the house the next morning about 11.30am with his fiance, two males and a female.
The group allegedly banged on the front door while the man and his two friends locked themself in his bedroom.
Senior Constable Hannah Varnam said the group then went through the garage and tried to kick in the backdoor, while one male tried to break in through a window by removing a sliding panel.
The man and his friends allegedly managed to escape out the back door just before the group broke in the front door.
The group allegedly ransacked the house, stealing $1200 of items, including a playstation, phone and jewellery.
The court heard Warr was facing charges for stalking, trespassing and stealing, but more serious charges were yet to be laid, which would likely lead to him fronting the County Court.
The court heard Warr was an Indigenous man with ADHD who was addicted to cannabis.
Lawyer Chan Park said the alleged victim’s girlfriend had been sending texts harassing Warr and his fiance in the lead up to the alleged incidents.
She said Warr’s partner was 10 weeks away from giving birth to his child and issues with the prosecution case meant he should be bailed.
Magistrate Jennifer Tregent said there weren’t exceptional circumstances why Warr should be released and that even if there were, he was an unacceptable risk of offending on bail.
She refused the application and granted an intervention order protecting the alleged victim.
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