Posted on 05/02/2012 8:16:21 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A neighbourhood dispute over loud music and erratic driving has escalated into a bloody brawl in which a chainsaw partially severed a man's arm.
Doctors are attempting to reattach the arm of Mark Jorgensen, 29, after the altercation in in Fenton Close, Minto, last night.
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Another man, Troy Thornton, 26, lost a finger in the dispute. His sister, Nicole Thornton, claimed he was attacked with a samurai sword.
Mr Thornton, a father of two, lives in Queensland but was in Sydney to attend the funeral of his sister's partner, Peter Reinhardt, who drowned when his boat overturned on the Nepean River in March.
As Ms Thornton kept a waterside vigil with her newborn baby, the couple's Londonderry home was robbed. Thieves took jewellery, cash and a gun.
The Thorntons' mother, Wendy Halls, said it had been a traumatic few months for the family.
The problems began just after 5.30pm yesterday when the Jorgensen household complained about Ms Halls playing loud music.
The Thorntons claim that someone from the Jorgensen household then drove in a dangerous and threatening manner towards them.
Police were called and the two families were told to return to their homes.
But tensions escalated again just before 9.20pm, resulting in the chainsaw being produced.
Ms Thornton claimed members of the Jorgensen household tried to invade their family's home.
"Basically we ended up all in a brawl," she said. "The guys from next door. By then there was 20 of them with bats, swords and poles.
"It was me, my mum and my sister taking on guys, so my brother has gone and got the chainsaw."
Ms Thornton said her brother was attacked with the sword before he got involved in a wrestle with the chainsaw. She denied he went after anyone with it.
Sword ping!
Dang katanas... I wish we’d see one of these with a good European longsword ome of these days. Dang Hollywood movies have just polluted us with too many images of freakin’ katanas.
In a fight against a katana (or a chainsaw for that matter) I’d take a longsword any day.
The reason Dimple rock is called Dimple rock is that they found an aluminum canoe back in the late 60’s crushed under the rock that bore the name “dimples”
Two waters confluence there and Pinball rock sends you right into the melee.
Ha! I was wondering why they called it dimple rock. Looks more like a flat iron. If one rock don’t get you, the other one will.
Jerry Springer, picking up where Geraldo left off.
Dimple rock is under cut by the current.
If you go in and its clean, you have a good chance of popping out (keep your feet and arms up and you wont get hung on the rocks) but if the water is high and theres a dead tree stuck down there, you get hung like a fly on fly paper
The high siding of the boat that dumps yo into the current and drags you into the undercut is classic dimple rock.
Pinball rock/Ricochet rocks hand in this cant be understated
It just bits you in the worst place and then youre in the drink.
More like am anvil.
Crocodile Dundee “Thats not a knife “ “Thats a Chainsaw? a Samuari Sword?”
Crocodile Dundee “Thats not a knife “ “Thats a Chainsaw? a Samuari Sword?”
Depends on what you’ve trained with. As for me, I’ve fenced and done Toyama Ryu, so a katana is my blade of choice. That said, I’ve swung some damn fine European longswords!
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