Keen to celebrate Australia Day, Joshua Lindsay Elkerton-Sandy and some friends booked an apartment in Brisbane’s CBD. He did not realise until later that evening that a group of “enemy friends” had the same idea and were staying in a high-rise nearby.
Keen to celebrate Australia Day, Joshua Lindsay Elkerton-Sandy and some friends booked an apartment in Brisbane’s CBD.
After yelling and swearing from their respective balconies, seven members of the rival group entered Elkerton-Sandy’s apartment and a fight erupted, Brisbane Supreme Court has heard. Nardone said there was little doubt that Alexanderson and his group were “up to no good” when they headed to Elkerton-Sandy’s party on Australia Day in 2020.After gaining entry to Elkerton-Sandy’s apartment, there was an exchange of words and a fight ensued.“But the group ... didn’t know, or didn’t see, that the accused was armed with a knife,” Nardone said.Just three minutes after the altercation began, 18-year-old Kane Alexanderson was nursing two stab wounds.
Elkerton-Sandy told police Alexanderson’s group burst in, smashed bottles over his head and pinned him against the balcony.
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