Four Sudanesenationals (They mean four black racist criminals. –Ed.) seriously injured two senior off-duty police officers at aBrisbane football club after having first threatened to rape theirwives and children, a jury has been told.
A BrisbaneDistrict Court jury was told the four also allegedly assaulted themanager of the Southern Districts Rugby Union Club at Annerley about12.30am on November 24, 2007.
Magid Santino Agwaig, 25, Marier Majur Amour, 22, and brothersDoctor Martin and Hakuma Martin Mirich-Teny, 21 and 25, all yesterdaypleaded not guilty to two counts each of grievous bodily harm and oneof common assault.
Prosecutor Catherine Birkett said off-duty officers Senior-SergeantDavid Ewgarde and Inspector Stephen Munro, who is also the footballclub’s president, were at a Christmas party on the evening of November23.
Ms Birkett said the officers and manager Donald Godfrey had beenstanding on the clubhouse veranda when they heard loud banging soundsnearby.
The court was told Godfrey and Munro went to investigate and found a group of men kicking metal signs.
Ms Birkett said Godfrey and Munro asked the group to desist and moveon, but were then subjected to a string of loud expletives and racialslurs.
The jury said members of the group made comments such as “you whitepieces of s***”, “get back on the boat” and “go back to England”.
Ms Birkett said one comment heard was: “We are going to rape your children.”
She said when Godfrey tried to entice them to leave he had liquid,possibly cheap wine, thrown in his eye and was then repeatedly hit. Thejury was told both Ewgarde and Munro were then assaulted by one or moreof the group.
Ms Birkett said Munro later required surgery for several fracturesto his eye-socket, while Ewgarde required dental treatment to removeteeth smashed in the alleged attack.
Munro testified he was “king-hit” when he tried to move the youths off the club’s grounds.
“The next thing (I know) I am king-hit straight into my right eye,” he said.
Munro said he later required 13 stitches for three lacerationsaround his left eye and required surgery to correct his eye-socketfractures.
The trial before Judge Michael Forde is unfinished.