Scuffle outside court over ‘slut’ slur
The son of a man who was convicted of rape in a black magic sex case called a victim a “slut”, sparking a violent scuffle outside the courtroom, a magistrate has been told.
The son, two of his brothers and his 59-year-old mother have pleaded not guilty to charges arising from the scuffle, which left a police officer with a broken thumb and badly ripped clothes.
Emeline Golossian, the wife of self-proclaimed “holy man” Tony Golossian, is charged with assault after allegedly punching another policeman in the back of the head.
She also tried to bite a sheriff’s officer as he attempted to restrain her, Downing Centre Local Court was told on Thursday.
Ms Golossian’s sons George, 37, Charlie, 28, and David, 31, have also been charged with assaulting a police officer.
Giving evidence on Thursday, the husband of one of Tony Golossian’s victims, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said the fight broke out after David and Charlie Golossian walked past him before their father’s NSW District Court sentencing hearing on April 1.
Tony Golossian, and two other people, had earlier been convicted of charges arising from “prayer sessions”, in which two women were manipulated into having sex to rid themselves of black magic curses.
The husband said one of the brothers said “you f***ing slut” to the victim.
The police officer in charge of the case, Detective Senior Constable Jason Ferns, was also sitting outside the courtroom and the husband asked him, “Do you see this?”
“I heard him say to the two brothers, ‘There’ll be none of that or I’ll have to ask you to leave,'” the husband said.
“I heard Charlie say: ‘I don’t care what rank you are’.”
He said he then saw the two brothers fighting with Detective Ferns and Emeline Golossian lying on the floor, so he yelled for security.
Sheriff’s Officer Mark Clarkson testified he had tried to restrain Mrs Golossian after he saw her attacking Acting Sergeant Jeremy Blanchard.
That led her to snap at him with her teeth in an attempt to bite him.
Acting Sergeant Blanchard told the court he got involved in the scuffle after he saw a male inflict a “haymaker punch” on a person he believed was a lawyer.
The witness said he delivered three punches to one man who was kicking another person as a “distracting technique” but he stopped when he felt three blows to the back of his head.
The hearing continues before Magistrate Clare Farnan.