Man bashed with baseball bat in savage attack while playing game Fortnite

A man has been forced to listen to the savage bashing of his mate while playing the video game Fortnite. Thugs stormed the man’s Officer home with a baseball bat, unaware that his mate was listening to the ordeal on a headset.

A man has been forced to listen to the savage bashing of his mate while playing the smash hit game Fortnite. Picture: Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

A man has been forced to listen to the savage bashing of his mate while playing the smash hit game Fortnite.

The men were playing the popular online game on their Playstations when Roger Alecsa burst into his victim’s Officer home, 50km southeast of Melbourne’s CBD, armed with a baseball bat.

A fight broke out between the two, and another unidentified man, while the victim’s gaming buddy listened on through headphones from his own home.

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He later told police he heared the door open before someone yelled “I’ll f***ing kill you”.

He said he heard something drop on the floor and then fighting noises that panicked him.

Fortnite, released in 2017, has close to 200 million players worldwide.

Players vie to be the last character standing on ever-shrinking terrain.

After hearing the bashing, the victim’s gaming friend drove straight to his home where he was met by police who had been phoned by the victim’s housemate.

The victim, unidentified man and Alecsa had all fled.

But Alecsa was arrested the following day after the victim, who was known to him, pointed police in the right direction.

The 30-year-old appeared at the County Court this week where he pleaded guilty to charges of home invasion and intentionally causing injury over the July 2018 attack.

His lawyer, Andrew Purcell, said Alecsa had wanted to recover a $500 debt owed to him.

He believed the victim had been mocking him about being unable to recover the money.

“Most people recover a debt by calling a solicitor … what they don’t do is arm themselves with a baseball bat,” Judge Paul Grant said.

Mr Purcell said Alecsa’s offending was out of character, and blamed it on chronic alcoholism.

He said he drank a bottle of vodka daily and also used cocaine and methamphetamine.

He said his client, a father of one, was genuinely remorseful and had excellent prospects of rehabilitation.

Alecsa, who is facing a maximum prison term of 25 years, will be sentenced at a later date.

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