Article: Vic: Youth in court over samurai sword attack


AAP General News (Australia)
01-05-2004
Vic: Youth in court over samurai sword attack

By Jewel Topsfield

MELBOURNE, Jan 5 AAP - An 18-year-old man smashed a car windscreen with the hilt of
a samurai sword in frustration to avenge his eviction from an inner Melbourne nightclub,
a court was told today.

The Melbourne Magistrates Court heard Gianluca Cacopardo was evicted from Bubble nightclub
in Francis Street early yesterday after security was alerted when he forced a male patron
to hand over a quantity of tablets.

Detective Senior Constable Jason Stewart said Cacopardo met up with two men outside
the nightclub and walked off to obtain a samurai sword from an unknown location.

"Having ...

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