“What a joke”, says Sydney trans* bashing victim after she faces accused attackers in court

“What a joke”, says Sydney trans* bashing victim after she faces accused attackers in court
Image: Assault victim Stephanie McCarthy after her attack at Newtown's Town Hall Hotel.

A TRANS woman assaulted in a pub in Sydney’s inner west has criticised a decision to allow her alleged attackers to continue to receive bail and has accused one of them of threatening her when they came face-to-face outside court.

Nicholas Wells and Alexis Ozanne, who were charged last month, attended a hearing at Newtown Local Court yesterday.

[showads ad=MREC]The court is located just metres from the Town Hall Hotel where the alleged attack took place.

Stephanie McCarthy was due to play a gig with her band Love Maul at the pub when she was attacked in the early hours of Saturday, June 6.

She alleges several men followed her around the pub, located in a suburb considered to be one of the most LGBTI-centric in Sydney, prior to the incident which left her with a black eye, bloodied lip and bruising.

Around 200 people subsequently attended protests outside the venue after it copped criticism for their handling of the incident.

Wells pleaded non-guilty to affray and is due back in court next month.

Ozanne successfully applied for a variation in his bail conditions with his mother, who accompanied him to court, posting $2000 in surety.

He was also ordered to report to police three times a week.

His case will return to court on July 21.

McCarthy came into contact with Ozanne outside the courthouse where the two exchanged words.

Taking to Twitter, McCarthy alleged she was threatened four times “complete with throat slitting motions”.

Commenting to the Star Observer on the outcome, she said: “He got bail…what a joke.”

“If I was a rich young guy from Mosman who got king hit, where do you think the offenders would be right now?

“Not on bail, that’s certain,” she continued on social media.

McCarthy said she had reported the fracas to police but would not be cowed by the incident and would return to court.

The case continues.

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6 responses to ““What a joke”, says Sydney trans* bashing victim after she faces accused attackers in court”

  1. My child went to the same primary school as Ozanne and he was a nasty little thug even in Year 1.

  2. Instead of ignoring it and because it’s made the press,shouldn’t our Community be waiting outside of The Court on the 21st July?
    Seriously,if we grabbed some Bears (About 50 of them) some rainbow flags and gave the Maggot some good stares and yeh,why not,threats,it would shock Sydney especially the Gay Haters….you bash us,be pre-paired for a hiding yourself….
    Or do we keep surfing gay apps,like nothing happened?
    July 21st….

  3. This is the dark side of this ridiculous Freedom agenda that instigates hate and sadly violence

    I hope Tim Wilson is proud of his silly agenda

    Casual homophobia is now acceptable in Australia

    DISGUSTING

  4. We here in Australia urgently need a federal Hate Crimes Act now! The USA already has one – its called the Matthew Shepard Act, signed into law by Obama!

  5. I watched the opening address by Royal Commissioner into Domestic Violence, Neave on ABC-TV this morning. It was great to hear her actually acknowledge that Domestic Violence is not restricted to Men beating up on Women (which is indeed mostly the case) but she also mentioned the Mental & Physical Abuse Men are subjected to. She went on to also say that “Domestic Violence is prevalent within the Gay, Lesbian, Transgender & Trans-sexual community.”
    This is the first time that I can recall that DV against Men & the GLTTBQI has ever been acknowledged. Until today people like Rosie Batty and organisations such as White Ribbon have concentrated solely on DV against Women. They simply chose to ignore the issue of DV against Men & our community when it was raised with them. It would seem that they don’t think it exists. Wrong, Oh! SO Wrong!