Police prosecutor Senior Constable Liam Murdock told the court the 29-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, went to the victim’s house on March 23 last year after a dispute between the victim and his partner — who is the accused’s sister.
The man swung an iron bar at the victim, hitting him in the head, eye socket, arm and back, Sen Const Murdock said.
The court was told a co-accused then came into the yard and stabbed the victim in the back with a 20 cm boning knife.
The man kept hitting the victim with the iron bar while the stabbing was happening, Sen Const Murdock said.
The court heard the victim had to be flown to the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, where he was treated for cuts to his head and ear, as well as the stab wounds.
Sen Const Murdock said the man claimed he had gone to the house to collect his sister’s children and that he had acted in self-defence.
The man’s solicitor, Ian Michaelson, told the court his client was concerned about the welfare of his sister and her two young children after his mother had contacted him.
“My client gets there, and his version … he says he got attacked with a bottle when he arrived,” Mr Michaelson said.
“He’s gone there out of concern for his sister and niece and nephew, gets attacked with a bottle, then the fight starts.”
Sen Const Murdock, however, did not concede a bottle was thrown.
Mr Michaelson said the victim in this case had “a shocking history of family violence” and did not have his children in his care.
Sen Const Murdock called the assault a “vigilante attack”.
“He has attended the address in retaliation,” he said.
Magistrate Peter Mithen extended the man's bail until March 30, saying he required a justice plan to be compiled prior to sentencing.
“All being well I will be able to release you on a corrections order at that time,” he said.
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