Four arrested after alleged Toorak nightclub assault

A DJ is fighting for his life after he was assaulted outside a Toorak nightclub, with four Dandenong men to front court over the attack.

Four men will face court on Monday after allegedly assaulting a DJ in Toorak after he left a nightclub in the early hours of New Year’s Day.

Two Dandenong men, aged 22 and 19, have both been charged with recklessly cause serious injury in circumstances of gross violence, affray and assault.

A Dandenong North man, 20, and a Dandenong man, 19, have been charged with recklessly cause serious injury in circumstances of gross violence, affray, assault and commit indictable offence while on bail.

All four men were remanded and will appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Monday.

The victim, a 23-year-old Footscray man, remains in The Alfred hospital in a critical but stable condition.

Stonnington Crime Investigation Unit detectives have been told the alleged offenders were leaning on his car when he returned to it on Jackson St about 3am.

Following an altercation, four men allegedly assaulted the man.

A 20-year-old Endeavour Hills woman he was with suffered minor injuries.

It is understood the men who were charged had been at Jackson’s Hotel, which held one of its popular African music nights on New Year’s Eve.

Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Rick Nugent said the apparently unprovoked attack marred a largely trouble-free night of celebrations.

Mr Nugent described the man’s injuries as “life-threatening”.

“It’s really quite a tragic matter,” he said.

Mr Nugent said the man was not partying and there was no obvious reason behind the alleged attack.

“We understand that the victim may have been leaving his place of work and had just got back to his car when the (alleged) assault took place,” he said.

The investigation is ongoing.