The terminally ill wife of Guy Sebastian’s neighbour got yelled at as she gasped for breath

For someone whose wife was struggling to breathe and who was arrested in the bathroom for a fight with pop star Guy Sebastian, Phillip Hanslow was calm and collected when he faced court for the first time in his life on Thursday, and now he has a surprise offer of help from star attorney Bryan Wrench.

Hanslow, 66, is accused of threatening to kill the musician and tearing down the fence when they joined the Maroubra properties during an incident on January 23, after Sebastian returned from a family vacation in Japan.

The former builder arrived at Waverley Local Court on Thursday morning with his frail wife Carol to find several cameras pointed in their direction. However, the old man did not flinch.

Calmly, he went to the trunk of his dilapidated ex-military ambulance, a Ford F-150, to collect his wife’s wheelchair, before helping her out of the car, putting her oxygen tank in a bag, and politely refusing help. of strangers. , and he pushed into her.

The couple waited to be assigned a courtroom for about an hour. All the while, his wheelchair-bound wife struggled to keep her breathing and heart rate under control.

Ms Hanslow, who is in and out of the hospital frequently for chronic respiratory problems, was repeatedly asked if she was okay, to which she replied: “I’ll be fine when my heart rate drops.”

When they finally entered Courthouse 2, an officer said loudly: ‘Whoever is responsible for that beeping, can you turn it off?’

Phillip Hanslow had an altercation with his neighbor Guy Sebastian (pictured with his wife, Jules)

Members of the public gallery had to explain that the beeping sound came from Ms. Hanslow’s pulse machine.

The court officer apologized, but the old woman felt self-conscious and turned off the device.

When his matter was called, Hanslow appeared before the magistrate and calmly explained his situation.

“I don’t want to enter a guilty plea today because I tried to get Legal Aid to represent me, but no one was available,” he told the magistrate.

He then explained that a proposed two-week reprieve was not enough because he has to go to the hospital within that time to have an intestinal infection cleared up.

The matter, which lasted less than five minutes, was adjourned until March 9.

‘Is that so?’ Mrs. Hanslow said, as her husband moved to lead her out of the courtroom.

Hanslow’s case caught the attention of celebrity attorney Bryan Wrench of Murphy’s Lawyers (pictured)

Phillip Hanslow and his wife Carole have since moved out of their Maroubra home (shown right of Guy Sebastian’s imposing estate)

However, her case caught the attention of celebrity lawyer Bryan Wrench of Murphy’s Lawyers, who was in Court 2 on another matter by pure coincidence.

Wrench has had a number of high-profile clients, including music icon Shannon Noll, NRL star Sam Burgess and Wolf Creek actor John Jarrett. On Thursday morning, she expressed interest in taking on Hanslow’s case.

‘It’s kind of great to think that these guys [the Hanslows] they are a threat. I don’t normally do this, in fact I’ve never done it before, but I’d be happy to represent you,” he told Daily Mail Australia.

During the January 23 altercation, Hanslow allegedly told the creator of Battle Scars, “I’m going to put a bullet in your head,” but he believes he actually said “someday someone’s going to put a bullet in your head.”

Police raided Hanslow’s home in the days that followed, arriving at the old man’s home while he was in the bathroom.

He was arrested, charged and beaten with an order of violence apprehended for Sebastián’s protection.

Outside court on Thursday, Hanslow told Daily Mail Australia that his neighbor was a “vindictive” person.

“He’s paranoid about security and he’s got a big security camera outside, so anywhere he goes off the property, he can see…” Hanslow said.

We’re going to have to sell. We are too old for this.

Guy was pictured at his Maroubra home on Thursday welcoming guests as his neighbor appeared in court.

Later, outside of court, Hanslow was asked if he was surprised to have been charged.

“I’m shocked by the whole ordeal and surprised that the police even arrested me,” he replied.

“They broke into the back of the house, broke down the door and entered the house while I was in the bathroom and arrested me and then took me out of the police station and I spent six and a half hours in jail just because of a heated argument. . between neighbours, which I think is really exaggerated.’

The alleged incidents followed years of rising tensions.

Hanslow is alleged to have confronted Sebastian on the property and tore down his fence.

Mr Hanslow and his wife now live in a semi-derelict house in Carlton (pictured) after leaving the house next door to Guy Sebastian.

Earlier, police took out an apprehended violence warrant against Hanslow on Sebastian’s behalf, prohibiting him from contacting the singer or setting foot on his property.

When Daily Mail Australia visited Hanslow on January 25, he said the singer was “not a nice guy” but added: “I’m seeking legal advice, that’s all I can say at the moment.”

The bitter dispute began in 2013 when Sebastian, 41, and his wife Jules Egan, 43, bought a property in Maroubra, in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, for $3.1 million.

But when it’s torn down to make way for their sprawling new dream home, it sparks the epic feud between the Sebastians and Hanslow.

Hanslow claimed that demolition debris damaged his home when a ‘brick missile’ smashed into an exterior wall, narrowly missing his living room window and his terminally ill wife Carole, who was watching television inside.

And he criticized the final design of Sebastian’s new house as an ugly fortress for its imposing, windowless façade, which runs all the way to the edge of his house.

Hanslow has now been thrown out of the house, believed to be owned by his wife Carol, and instead lives in a dilapidated, dilapidated property in Carlton with his ailing wife and their pet bird, Boo Boo.

But the former builder, who was forced into retirement by fibromyalgia, still returns to his Maroubra home to work on renovations.