A man appeared in Melbourne Magistrates Court yesterday with charges of assault while under the influence of alcohol.
Javok Kujundzija allegedly threw a shot glass at a 23-year-old males face on March 10 2012 at Republica, St Kilda.
The victim was left with two fractures to his eye socket, a broken nose and two major lacerations to his face.
Mr Kujundzija admits to throwing the glass as retaliation to being slapped by the 23-year-old.
Alcohol fueled violence has been an ongoing issue in Victoria as well as in Australia.
Former Melbourne security guard, Johnny Vico, was confronted with physical and verbal abuse, “every single shift,” he said.
“In security there is always altercations, sometimes several altercations in a night and almost all are alcohol fueled,” he said,
Mr Vico was also a security guard in Sydney and Queensland.
“There isn’t a great difference throughout the states but 18-25 year olds had the most issues, but underage discos were worst of all”, he said.
“Males were more physical but females were more verbal”.
The Melbourne night life scene has always been an issue but is now more heard of and has more media attention.
Mother of two, Daniella Mammi, believes that the nightlife scene in Melbourne has changed from when she was younger.
“Now you hear too much, you hear so many stories about fights, excessive drinking and drugs,” she said.
“These things are more out in the open compared to when I was young and going clubbing.”
Crime has increased over the last two years in Melbourne.
Republica Bar- Photo taken by Lukmanc
Statistics from the the Victoria police shows that for every 100,000 people, the crime rate increased by 7.8 per cent from 2011 to 2012.
Daniel Guglielmino, a bar tender at one of Melbourne’s popular nightclubs, Levels, often encounters verbal abuse, typically from people who have ben drinking.
“I have been approached in an argumentative manor in both work and personal incidents,” he said.
“I am the person they tend to take their anger out on but it has never been physical.”
CCTV footage is being processed and will be presented as evidence in the next hearing.
Magistrate Rozencwajg has remanded Mr Kujundzija’s case until May 14 2013.
This pie chart shows a poll of 14 people who have stated the sex of the people they have witnessed in an alcohol fueled argument
