A Justice of the Peace has slammed a 21-year-old’s assault on retiring North Melbourne participant Jack Ziebell as “vile, repugnant and totally silly”, as he fined him $25,000.
Ibrahim Behluli sat within the entrance row of Melbourne Magistrates’ Courtroom on Thursday, the place he was sentenced after pleading responsible to deliberately inflicting damage and affray over the bashing.
Ibrahim Behluli leaves courtroom on Thursday.Credit score: AAP
Ziebell, 32, was having fun with retirement celebrations together with his North Melbourne teammates at The Osborne Rooftop and Bar in South Yarra, when three males started combating with a number of the gamers.
Gamers Charlie Comben and Curtis Taylor have been concerned in a scuffle contained in the bar, on August 20 final 12 months, after Behluli started arguing with Comben.
The battle then escalated and Masihullah Rawani, 27, and Abdul Karim, 29, additionally grew to become concerned.
They held on to Comben as he tried to rise up from a bench, earlier than Behluli struck Comben six occasions at the back of the neck.
Taylor tried to intervene and the three males have been kicked out by safety.
Ziebell was not concerned however when advised members of his group had been concerned in a battle, walked outdoors to test on them and was confronted by Behluli and Rawani.