Marc Bounassif and Brandon Tsatsis stand trial over Liam Cummings stabbing

A vicious knife attack which left a nightclub reveller in a coma for almost a week happened after he warned other clubbers about a dodgy drug dealer inside the venue, a court has heard.

A vicious knife attack which left a nightclub reveller in a coma for almost a week happened after he warned other clubbers about a dodgy drug dealer inside the venue, a court has heard.

Marc Bounassif and Brandon Tsatsis were on Monday committed to stand trial over the brutal Revolver nightclub stabbing which left victim Liam Cummings fighting for life with 13 stab wounds last September.

With a bandaged hand, Mr Cummings was grilled in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court by lawyers for the accused men who claim they acted in self-defence.

Mr Cummings told the court a drug dealer approached him in the venue’s smoking area earlier in the night with drugs he purported to be ketamine.

The former tradesman said he knew instantly after snorting the powder that he’d been given “just cutters” and not ketamine because he didn’t get the usual “wonky feeling” in his head and that he told other clubbers to beware.

Marc Bounassif has fronted court charged over the stabbing of a man at Revolver nightclub. Picture: Facebook

“I told them he was shady and that they (the drugs) weren’t what he was saying,” Mr Cummings told the court.

Not long after a fight erupted and the trio of men fell down a flight of stairs.

It’s alleged Mr Bounassif and Mr Tsatsis pulled out a knife and machete and repeatedly stabbed the victim to the point he believed he was going to die.

“I remember the ambo saying to me ‘stay with me, stay with me’,” Mr Cummings recalled.

His memory of the attack and prior interactions with the drug dealer were questioned by Mr Tsatsis’ barrister Luke Barker who put to Mr Cummings that he was the initial aggressor.

The claim was denied by Mr Cummings, who stated: “I am not that type of person. I know that wouldn’t have happened.”

Revolver nightclub where the stabbing took place last year. Picture: David Crosling

The court heard he’d been flirting with a nursing student at the top of the stairs when the confrontation began and that she tried to physically separate the men prior to them tumbling down the stairs.

“I saw what happened before and I saw the bloodbath afterwards,” the student said.

“He got stabbed to bits. There was no provocation – it was stabbing for stabbing’s sake. It was so messed up.”

Mr Barker described the woman’s evidence as “ludicrous”, with Magistrate Michelle Mykytowycz finding elements of her testimony were “at odds with the CCTV” capturing the confrontation.

Mr Cummings, who suffered a punctured lung, severed tendon and broken hand, told the court he suffers “constant flashbacks and nightmares” and can no longer work due to his injuries.

“I can’t go to large spaces anymore,” he said.

Mr Bounassif and Mr Tsatsis are on remand and will appear in the County Court on April 2.