Bradley Solly and Andrew Murray confronted by victim in court after violent Brahma Lodge home invasion
A thug smirked in custody as the man he bashed recounted the horror of trying to protect his girlfriend during a sickening home invasion.
A thug’s disrespectful courtroom behaviour was called out by a judge after he and others left a couple traumatised in a terrifying home invasion.
Bradley Andrew Solly, 28 and Andrew Michael Murray, 36, left the victim “battered and bruised” after he was bashed and had a metal stake held to his neck.
A third man is also alleged to have been involved.
As the victim read out his victim impact statement in the District Court on Monday, Solly constantly smirked from a video link and at times laughed and shook his head.
Solly’s victim said he hadn’t been able to sleep properly since the Brahma Lodge home invasion in November last year, which he constantly relived.
“My 21st birthday was spent battered, bruised and scared,” he said.
The victim said he told his partner to hide when he saw the men at the door, while he called police and armed himself with a weapon.
“When they kicked in the door he started ‘yelling where’s your missus’,” the victim said.
“I can’t forget the terror that washed over me while I was holding the tyre iron, being told to drop it with a metal stake pointed at me.”
The victim said he was punched over and over, before being “thrown and dragged like a ragdoll” by the back of his mullet, before the metal stake was held to his neck.
“To be told I owe ‘Big Red’ 20 grand – five grand for every time I called him a dog and his friends in the Rebels already know about it,” he said.
“While beaten, battered, bruised – made to get on my knees and kiss his shoes.”
The victim said his partner was “terrified” after threats of rape were made.
“Her worst nightmare was about to become reality, that they were going to rape her and make me watch,” he said.
Solly, of Brahma Lodge, and Murray, of Hewett, pleaded guilty to serious criminal trespass and causing harm with intent.
Their co-accused has pleaded not guilty to the same charges and will face trial next year.
On Monday, the men’s counsel both asked for an adjournment for sentencing submissions.
Stephen Ey, for Murray, told the court they were waiting for medical reports in relation to injuries Murray sustained when he was 27.
“He got hit with a shifting spanner and suffered a brain injury,” he said.
Judge Geraldine Davison adjourned the case until February before asking Solly’s counsel to speak with him about how his behaviour reflected on him.
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