Poor memory, bad eyesight, sub-quality CCTV footage, his ‘advancing years’ at the ripe old age of 35 – Troy Fornaciari came up with every excuse under the sun to get out of giving any meaningful evidence in Robert Nikolovski’s affray trial.
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He was twice called before the court – once in the absence of the jury and a second time with them in the room. Each time he swore to tell the truth, but each time he dodged even the simplest of questions.
“I don’t recall” and “to the best of my knowledge, no” were standard responses, even when presented with overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
“Is that you?” he was asked after viewing CCTV footage of the affray, which clearly shows him being knocked out by Nikolovski.
“Nah but the chick’s pretty hot,” he replied.
“Is it you?” the prosecutor pressed again.
“To the best of my knowledge, no,” Fornaciari responded, suggesting the video quality wasn’t great (it was) and his eyes were “getting old”.
However, his initial civility and cockiness was soon replaced with aggression.
“I’ve not made a statement on this incident, no one f—king assaulted me. Youse (sic) drag me here when I asked not to be here, I’m going to flip my shit,” he raged.
When pulled up by Judge Andrew Haesler, Fornaciari retorted: ”Do I look like I give a f—k? F—k you and your court. Suck my c—k.”
He was equally as belligerent during his second time in court, resorting to hurling abuse and insults at Nikolovski’s lawyer.
Judge Haesler eventually cut Fornaciari off when it became apparent he would give no meaningfully answers.
A transcript of Fornaciari’s evidence has been sent to the Supreme Court for possible contempt of court charges.
