Thugs who left a man fighting for his life after a wild car park brawl escape jail time – despite one attacker telling police it was ‘entertaining’ and the victim needing emergency brain surgery
- The victim was walking through Craigieburn Centra shopping centre’s car park
- The man and his younger brother were viciously set upon by a group of seven
- CCTV shows the brothers being followed just after 8pm on November 9, 2018
- The older brother was jumped on, thrown to the ground and kicked in the head
- He suffered a brain bleed and was rushed to hospital for emergency surgery
- Three of the attackers plead guilty and were given community correction orders
A group of thugs who bashed a man in the head for 90 seconds in a sickening car park attack have avoided jail time.
The victim and his younger brother were walking through Craigieburn Central shopping centre’s car park in Melbourne when they were set upon by seven boys.
CCTV shows the shocking moment the brothers were jumped on and thrown to the ground in a vicious attack just after 8pm on November 9, 2018.
Abdul Kassem, 20, was one of the men who jumped and kicked the victim in the head
The older victim was brutally kicked and punched in the head for 90 seconds before the group left.
The sickening assault occurred in front of horrified shoppers and motorists as the fight spilled onto the streets.
About 90 minutes after the attack, the brothers went to report the incident and police noticed the older victim was ‘unsteady on his feet’, Herald Sun reported.
He was taken to Northern Hospital where it was found that he was bleeding from his brain.
The victim was rushed to Royal Melbourne Hospital and underwent emergency brain surgery to stop the bleeding.
A doctor said the man is ‘lucky to come through this ordeal and survive’.
The pair have a criminal record and pleaded guilty to affray and were each handed 18-month community correction orders
CCTV shows the two brothers being set upon by a group of seven boys in Craigieburn Central shopping centre’s car park on November 9, 2018.
Abdul Kassem, 20, Adam Saad, 21, and Mouhammed Aboueid, 21, and three others involved in the sickening brawl were arrested following a police investigation.
Kassem, Saad and Aboueid appeared in County Court on April 29 where they were sentenced for their involvement in the act.
Aboueid told police that he found the attack ‘entertaining’ and the victim ‘just got outclassed in the fight’.
The court heard the fight was triggered three weeks before from a Snapchat that sent one of the attackers into a jealous rage.
Judge Michael O’Connell described the incident as ‘organised’ and that someone ‘might’ve been killed’.
‘The violence quickly escalated … (You all) brazenly engaged in sickening violence directed at the victims,’ he said.
Kassem pleaded guilty to charged including intentionally cause injury and was handed a three-year community correction order.
Saad and Aboueid both have a criminal record and pleaded guilty to affray and were each handed 18-month community correction orders.