A young man who has not seen his newborn son since being arrested on Sunday night will not get the opportunity to meet him anytime soon after he was refused bail on Tuesday.
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North Wollongong's Deng Lual, 21, allegedly committed a violent home invasion with his mate the day after his son's birth.
He sought release from custody in Wollongong Local Court but due to the serious allegations and his criminal history he was denied bail.
Documents tendered to court said a man and a woman were sitting inside their home in Lake Heights when the man turned around to allegedly see Ryan Keegan, 22, and Lual in the lounge room about 8pm on Sunday.
Lual was allegedly wearing a balaclava while Keegan did not have on a mask.
The homeowner yelled, "what are you doing here" to which police allege Lual said, "we want the car keys".
The homeowner refused to hand over the keys.
Lual allegedly punched the homeowner in the right side of his face and a scuffle broke out.
The man was able to escape and ran out of the house before yelling to his neighbours for help, with one responding to his call.
Once the man walked back inside the home, he saw the men allegedly opening kitchen drawers, while the woman had moved into the hallway.
The homeowner walked towards the men before Keegan allegedly started waving a black-handled 20cm knife in front of him.
The neighbour entered the home and the four men allegedly began fighting, with the neighbour sustaining a bleeding nose, the documents said.
Police allege the homeowner grabbed Keegan from behind and wrapped both his arms around him while the neighbour was grappling with Lual.
The homeowner wrestled Keegan and grabbed the blade of the knife in his left hand before Keegan allegedly moved the blade back and forth causing a deep laceration between the man's left thumb and pointer finger.
Lual broke free from the neighbour's grip before he went outside and allegedly jumped over the balcony before Keegan ran down the stairs.
The neighbour gave chase but stopped upon seeing the men flee along Grand View Parade.
Police arrived at the scene and started to patrol the area. A short time later officers found Keegan and Lual walking along Northcliffe Drive in Berkeley.
Both were arrested. Police allegedly observed Keegan with facial injuries and blood on his clothing.
The men were taken to Lake Illawarra Police Station.
Keegan and Lual were charged with aggravated break and enter to commit a serious indictable offence, assault occasioning actual bodily harm in company and reckless wounding in company.
Police seized a balaclava from the balcony, a black and orange glove, a black-handled kitchen knife from the front lawn and two silver keys.
The documents said the homeowner had a graze to the right side of his abdomen, a long cut to his back, small cut above his eye, bruising on his chin, back and under his left arm; while the neighbour had a swollen bleeding nose and knee pain.
In court on Tuesday, police prosecutor Sergeant Amelia Wall said Lual was on bail for an unrelated allegation of robbery when he allegedly breached his nighttime curfew condition when he committed the Lake Heights home invasion.
Defence lawyer Elizabeth Parkes said Lual would likely spend a lengthy time on remand and was willing to abide by very strict bail conditions.
She said Lual had a four-day old son who he had not met yet and if refused bail he would not get the opportunity to see his son, which he was anxious to do.
Ms Parkes also noted he was working as a dispatcher at Woolworths in Mascot for the past three weeks.
Keegan was also refused bail when he appeared in court on Monday.
Both cases will return to court on January 10.
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