Brisbane man sentenced to 14 years’ jail for attempted murder of ex-girlfriend

‘He said “I’m going to kill you” and that’s when I saw the axe,’ Mari Buci told the jury of the attack

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A man found guilty of attempted murder after attacking his ex-girlfriend with a hatchet in a Brisbane has been sentenced to 14 years in jail.

Good Samaritans came to the aid of Maria Buci after Cameron Turgay Bardak ambushed her in a CBD car park in July 2020, a court had heard

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