When the victim entered the car park, Bardak demanded she get in his car, producing the hatchet from a plastic bag when she refused. Family and domestic violence support services: "They ranged from pathetic, pleading for her return, to gross, cruel and violent abuse," Justice Martin said.īardak then went to a local hardware store and purchased a hatchet and crowbar before heading to Ms Buci's work, telling her to meet in the car park where he was hiding. In his sentencing remarks, Justice Martin noted it was Bardak who elected to end his relationship with Ms Buci, before sending her numerous texts while she was at work. The offender was also sentenced to three years' jail for the unlawful wounding of David Sturgess, the first person to intervene in the incident, to be served concurrently with the attempted murder charge.īardak will have to serve 80 per cent of his sentence before he's eligible for parole. He testified the hatchet was brought as a "coercive measure" to force the victim to speak to him, but Bardak said he never thought of using it to kill her. In his defence, Bardak said he had only been trying to repair the relationship which had ended earlier that day. Supreme Court Justice Glenn Martin said the offender had shown no remorse for the "heinous" act.ĭuring the trial, the jury heard Bardak had admitted to hitting Maria Buci with a hatchet twice and then choking her, but denied he intended to murder her. The 32-year-old pleaded not guilty to attempted murder in the Supreme Court in Brisbane but was found guilty by jurors yesterday.
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