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Brandon Fabris bailed after knifing ex-Mongols bikie Kimura Davidson at Northbridge’s Millennium karaoke bar

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Brandon Fabris is the man charged over the Northbridge violence.
Camera IconBrandon Fabris is the man charged over the Northbridge violence. Credit: Supplied/Facebook

A man accused of slashing an ex-Mongol bikie’s face and neck during a violent fight at a Northbridge karaoke bar has denied he rang the venue from jail to get them to delete CCTV footage of the attack.

Brandon Fabris, who was granted bail in court on Friday just over 24 hours after the bloody attack, also claims he had no idea his alleged victim Kimura Davidson, 29, had former ties to an outlaw motorcycle gang.

His lawyer Roisin Keating told Perth Magistrate’s Court the 12cm cut her client is alleged to have inflicted on Mr Davidson was not as serious as it appeared, despite it requiring surgery, and suggested the charge of grievous bodily harm police had laid in the hours after Thursday’s attack would likely be downgraded.

The scene of a stabbing on Francis St in Northbridge.
Camera IconForensics officers scour the scene where a man was stabbed in the face and neck, seizing a bundle of cash with $50 and $100 notes. Credit: Michael Wilson/The West Australian

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An officer with the cash found at the scene.
Camera IconAn officer with the cash found at the scene. Credit: Michael Wilson/The West Australian

“It’s not how the injury looks it’s what the injury actually is,” she said on Friday, adding that her client was in no way connected to the alleged victim and hadn’t even known Mr Davidson’s name until seeing it on the charge sheet that morning.

After opposing bail, police prosecution said investigators did not believe the incident was linked to outlaw motorcycle gang activity.

The revelation came after responding officers were seen securing a bundle of $50 and $100 notes believed to have been found near where the bloody attack unfolded at Millennium.

Photos taken of the crime scene show forensic officers scouring the area around Francis Street, focusing their interest on a restaurant, two karaoke clubs and a side alley.

The court was told the violent attack happened about 2.45am on Thursday, when multiple men, amongst whom was Mr Davidson, approached Mr Fabris at Millennium’s bar.

It was alleged that what started as a verbal argument between the group quickly escalated when a man not identified in court threw a punch.

Another man, also unnamed by prosecutors, allegedly pulled out a firearm.

Brandon Fabris stands charged over the incident.
Camera IconBrandon Fabris stands charged over the incident. Credit: Supplied/Facebook

While Mr Fabris was backing away, it will be alleged another war of words erupted, resulting in Mr Davidson trying to step in and diffuse the situation and try usher Mr Fabris outside.

That’s when police allege Mr Fabris pulled a small blade out of the back of his waistband and pointed it at Mr Davidson, who was trying to push him out the venue’s back door.

Mr Fabris then allegedly stabbed him to the left side of his face and neck, leaving a 12cm laceration from his ear to his chin.

Ms Keating told the court that CCTV of the incident was “very clearly open to interpretation”, and that if the matter proceeded to trial as she expected, self defence would be argued.

She added that her client also strongly denied allegations he’d tried to have the one-minute-long security video of the incident erased, which police claim he attempted to do during a phone call he’d made to the venue from custody.

Instead, Ms Keating argued the call was made in a bid to reach out to Mr Fabris’ girlfriend, who works there — and not in an attempt to “have evidence of the incident destroyed or tampered with”.

Mr Fabris, who the court was told primarily has a traffic record, was released on bail on a $50,000 personal undertaking, a $50, 000 surety, and the condition he not leave WA or contact Mr Davidson, who was discharged from hospital on Friday morning.

He will also be subject to a strict curfew while living with his parents in Eden Hill until his next court date on October 14.

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