A wild soccer brawl involving a high profile criminal lawyer erupted after an argument over a child’s shin pads, it has been claimed.
Ljubka Subeska, 37, and her former father-in-law Mile Dimovski, 62, were charged with assault after a sideline melee at a Sydney kid’s football match on Sunday.
Daily Mail Australia has been told Ms Subeska and her ex-husband’s family have been embroiled in a long running domestic feud.
Sources claimed the lawyer and mother could not find shin pads for one of her children and a heated argument ensued between Ms Subeska and Mr Dimovski.
Criminal lawyer Ljubka Subeska, 37, has often appeared as a television and print media commentator on legal issues
The alleged brawl was captured by mobile phone footage (on left). Ms Subeska on right
Horrified parents screamed ‘stop, you idiots’ after Ms Subeska allegedly hit Mr Dimovski and he allegedly struck her and pulled her hair.
Ms Subeska had brought her kids to the soccer gala and Mr Dimovski and his party arrived shortly afterwards.
The feud stemmed from a relationship breakdown between Ms Subeska and her former husband Stevan Dimovski, Mile’s son.
Last year, Stevan Dimovski was convicted of destroying and damaging Ms Subeska’s property at Sutherland Local Court, records said.
He pleaded guilty and was handed a six month good behaviour bond beginning in March 2017.
Stevan Dimovski was also slapped with an apprehended violence order by police on behalf of Ms Subeska.
A magistrate ordered that Stevan Dimovski must not assault, threaten, stalk or intentionally or recklessly destroy Ms Subeska’s property.
That AVO was no longer in force when the Ms Subeska and Stevan’s father Mile allegedly clashed in front of bewildered children and parents at the weekend.
Daily Mail Australia had been told Ms Subeska was ‘honestly scared’ during the alleged brawl.
Mile Dimovski (left) is alleged to have been at the centre of the brawl. His son, Ms Subeska’s former partner, is on right
Ms Subeska’s marriage to her husband Stevan (pictured) broke down in recent years and police last year brought an AVO against him on Ms Subeska’s behalf. It is no longer in force
Police charged Mile Dimovski with assault occasioning bodily harm (domestic violence) and affray. He declined to comment outside court on Tuesday.
Ms Subeska pleaded not guilty to her assault charge at court. Police took out interim apprehended violence orders for both parties.
No wrongdoing is suggested of Mile’s son Stevan on Sunday.
Ms Subeska has often appeared as a television and print media commentator on legal issues.
She once represented criminal-turned-Islamic State fighter Khaled Sharrouf, who threatened her when she provided legal advice he disliked.
‘You need a thick skin to be in this game,’ she told The Sunday Telegraph this year.
Footage of the incident shows the moment violence erupted in the stands while horrified parents carried their children to safety and yelled ‘shame on youse’
Ms Subeska is Solicitor Director at New South Wales Criminal Lawyers
‘You need a thick skin to be in this game,’ Ms Subeska said
‘If you’re going to be concerned about every single thing that happens you have no business doing it,’ she said.
She has since represented Joshua Baines, who was charged over the 2016 murder of Sydney gangster Pasquale Barbaro.
Police are asking anyone with further footage of the brawl to contact CrimeStoppers.