Sickening moment two men brutally bash a couple who had complained about assailant’s wife cutting into line at a Covid testing centre
- Two plead guilty to assault in a Covid testing queue
- Pair attacked driver waiting in drive-through line
- Hussein Saleh and Ali Salim yet to be sentenced
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Two men have pleaded guilty to a terrifying assault on a driver waiting to be tested for Covid during the height of the pandemic.
Footage shows Hussein Saleh, 34, and Ali Salim, 35, pulling up to a Covid drive-through testing line on December 28, 2021, in the south Sydney suburb of Carlton.
The two then attack a couple in a LandCruiser Prado, with Saleh seen punching and stomping on the victims through a sun-roof as the vehicle rolls forward.
A statement of agreed facts tendered to Sutherland Local Court on Tuesday stated Saleh’s wife, driving a white Lexus, cut into the line at an intersection in front of the LandCruiser, whose driver and passenger had already waited three hours.
The male LandCruiser driver and female passenger got out and approached the Lexus before getting back in their car and beeping loudly.
Saleh’s wife called him and he arrived a short time later with his long-time friend Salim as their white truck pulled up besides the LandCruiser.
Hussein Saleh can be seen climbing onto the roof of a Prado to launch as assault on the vehicle’s driver who was waiting in line for Covid testing in Sydney during 2021
After attempting to smash the driver’s window with a screwdriver and breaking the driver’s side rear-view mirror Saleh climbed on top the vehicle.
He then stomped on the driver and passenger through the sun-roof and rained down punches on them.
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Salim managed to get into the LandCruiser’s back seat where he punched the driver in the head, causing injury.
During the attack the LandCruiser rolled forward and collided with the back of the Lexus containing Saleh’s wife and also his mother and the impact shunted other cars lined up into each other.
Saleh and Salim have pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm and common assault, while Saleh also pleaded guilty to damaging property over the incident.
Police prosecutor Sergeant James Glissan told court the men had indulged in ‘vigilantism’ that risked the safety of those waiting in the queue, according to the Daily Telegraph.
Defence lawyer for both men Michael Ayache said Saleh had reacted instinctively because his wife had called him screaming in terror.
Saleh has pleaded guilty over the sickening attack where he stomped and rained punches down on a driver and passenger
‘His instinct was to protect his family and that took him so far that he really lost sight of what he should have done,’ Mr Ayache said.
Mr Ayache said the pandemic had caused high stress levels for everyone, including the LandCruiser occupants who expressed their frustration over their belief the Lexus had jumped the queue.
He said his client made a ‘very poor decision to overreact’, it was an isolated incident, the driver had no ongoing injuries and both men were remorseful.
Magistrate Hugh Donnelly adjourned the case for sentencing on March 28.
