Brothers at war: Siblings’ eight-year battle finally ends in courtroom showdown after the two faced off in wild brawl that saw pair one attack the other with a cricket bat and a TV crew’s gear
- Eight years on brothers are still warring over who owns a home
- Richard and George Sckaff disputed the ownership in 2015
- They made national headlines in 2015 for their wild brawl
- The matter will now be resolved in the Supreme Court
A bitter legal feud between two brothers who despise each other is finally set to come to an end after eight long years.
Richard and George Sckaff made national headlines in 2015 when they got into a wild brawl in front of A Current Affair cameras outside their homes in Sydney’s Dulwich Hill.
George became enraged when his brother sent him an eviction notice at the place he called home for 25 years.
As George and the camera crew fronted Richard, he took to them with a cricket bat and even snatched their boom microphone to use as a weapon.
Almost a decade on the bad blood remains and the question as to who owns the property is still hotly debated.
But this week the Supreme Court will decide the who the home’s rightful owner is.
Richard and George Sckaff made national headlines in 2015 when they got into a wild brawl in front of A Current Affair cameras outside their homes in Sydney’s Dulwich Hill
The brotherly bond turned sour when their mother Souad, who lived next door to Richard and two houses down from George, died.
Richard’s name was on the title deed of the home his brother lived in, but George claimed the house was bought by their parents for him.
‘They bought a house for Richard and they paid it off for him. Then they bought a house for me and they paid it off for me,’ George told A Current Affair in 2015.
After their very public melee Richard was arrested by police and six months later pleaded guilty to a charge of common assault and two counts of malicious damage.
His brother also pleaded guilty to one count of common assault.
Both were handed good behaviour bonds.
As George and the camera crew fronted Richard, he took to them with a cricket bat and even snatched their boom microphone to use as a weapon
While those matters were settled, the question of who the homeowner is wore on, with the issue to be decided by a Supreme Court judge in a hearing set down for this week.
On the first day of proceedings on Monday, neither brother said a word to one another.
The court heard neither man had documented proof of who paid for the home now valued at $2.2 million.
The case continues.
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