Bizarre twist in lingerie club stabbing case as accused attacker claims he was bashed with a pizza rolling pin as scantily-clad staff looked on
A teenager who allegedly stabbed a Sydney lingerie bar worker during a brawl claims he was first hit on the head by a pizza rolling pin.
Poasa Junior Logova, 19, was with four others who were smoking in the non-smoking area of Concourse Bar, nestled in Wynyard Station, at about 6pm on Thursday.
Police say employee Lawrence D'iapico-Bien, 34, asked the group to stop smoking in the area before a scuffle broke out and he was stabbed twice in the back and left with a punctured lung.
Officers launched a manhunt for Logova before he handed himself into police on Friday where he was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, affray and wounding a person with intent.
Logova fronted Parramatta Bail Court on Saturday where his lawyer claimed his client had been pushed and hit in the head, Daily Telegraph reported.
Poasa Junior Logova, 19 , was with four others who were smoking in the non-smoking area of Concourse Bar, nestled in Wynyard Station, at about 6pm on Thursday
Police say employee Lawrence D'iapico-Bien, 34 , asked the group to stop smoking in the area before a scuffle broke out and he was stabbed twice in the back
'The victim retrieved a rolling pin for pizza and started to push the accused and others toward the exit,' lawyer Michael Ayache told the court.
'The victim was swinging around a pizza rolling pin and hit my client in the head... he was not involved in smoking.'
Police prosecutor Pamela Hughes said Logova had sprayed Mr D'iapico-Bien in the eyes and temporarily blinded him.
'He has simply been asked to stop smoking and it has ended up in the defendant going to some effort to stab him twice; leaning over everyone else, going over the top.'
Magistrate Sinclair granted Logova bail and noted the defendant was employed and had strong ties to the community.
Kevin Piggott, 31, from Padstow, was charged with assault and affray and appeared at Central Local Court on Friday morning.
Mr Piggott explained he didn't know the man with the knife and when asked if he was sorry and if a 'good night had spiralled' he responded 'yeah, 100 per cent'.
The court heard Piggott, a Sydney Harbour Bridge scaffolder, was allegedly less seriously involved in the alleged stabbing than his co-accused.
He was granted strict conditional bail to report to Revesby Police Station three times per week and banned from exiting trains at Wynyard station.
The bar is hidden right in the middle of Wynyard train station, at the bottom of the escalators leading to York Street
A group of men five men were drinking at the Concourse Bar, tucked inside Wynyard Station in Sydney's CBD, at 6pm on Thursday when a barman was allegedly stabbed (pictured above)
Mr Piggott, who has no previous criminal history, was also banned from entering Concourse Bar and making contact with the co-accused or victim Mr D'iapico-Bien.
A 26-year-old man has also been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and will appear at Downing Centre Local Court on November 11.
A 29-year-old man from Narwee was also charged with affray and granted conditional bail to appear in court on November 26.
A 34-year-old from Ridgewood in Western Australia was arrested and issued an infringement notice for offensive language.
Pensioner and bar regular Mark Wroe, 46, told Daily Mail Australia he was shocked by the brawl.
'I've been here each Friday for years and nothing has happened,' he said.
'Although I don't think there is a smoking area... not that I'm aware of but there's been a few people thrown out for that.'
Kevin Piggott, 31 , from Padstow, was charged with assault and affray and appeared at Central Local Court on Friday morning
Pensioner and bar regular Mark Wroe, 46 , told Daily Mail Australia he was shocked by the brawl