Guy Sebastian can tower over his retired neighbor during a fiery confrontation with a brick, a court has heard.
Phillip Hanslow, 66, has been charged with threatening the musician’s death and knocking down his fence on their adjacent Maroubra properties in an alleged incident on January 23.
The former contractor arrived at Waverley Local Court in good spirits on Thursday morning – without his frail wife Carol, and just recovered from emergency surgery to remove part of his bowel.
The lawsuit involving Hanslow centered around a request for CCTV footage of Sebastian’s footage – which his high-profile attorney Bryan Wrench says told the court that could be relevant to the case.
“We expect to show the images [Sebastian] towering above Mr Hanslow with a stone in his hand,’ he said.
Pictured: Phillip Hanslow out of court on Thursday morning. He is accused of damaging Guy Sebastian’s fence
The bitter feud between Guy Sebastian, 41, wife Jules Egan, 43, and their neighbor Phillip Hanslow started in 2013
The security camera is on Sebastian’s side of the fence, right above where the alleged altercation took place.
Sebastian was ordered by the court to produce footage of the incident by February 23, but was delayed until March 9.
However, Mr Wrench told the court that the footage had not been handed over by the new deadline.
Mr Wrench revealed new details of their alleged confrontation.
“Mr Hanslow was repairing his fence to match Guy Sebastian’s appearance at the time,” Mr Wrench told the court.
‘The fence is now finished and I think it’s a beautiful representation.’
The magistrate quipped, “What are they saying? Good fences make good neighbours.’
Mr Wrench said he did not think the matter would be resolved, indicating it was likely to go to trial.
Phillip Hanslow is represented by celebrity attorney Bryan Wrench (pictured outside court Thursday)
The magistrate gave Sebastian until March 23 to hand over the images. If the footage is not reproduced, it could lead to his arrest, with the case returning to court in May.
Out of court, Hanslow told Daily Mail Australia exclusively that he was not concerned about how the case turned out.
“I don’t really care what happens to me,” he told Daily Mail Australia.
‘What are they going to do to me? Enforce the AVO and fine me over the fence?
“I wouldn’t even be here if Guy wasn’t famous.
The court has previously heard how Hanslow allegedly told the Battle Scars hitmaker “I’ll put a bullet in your head” during the altercation on January 23, but he believes he actually said “one day someone will put a bullet in your head.” to shoot’. head’.
Police raided Hanslow’s home in the following days, arriving at the elderly man’s home while he was on the toilet.
“They broke into the back of the house, smashed the door and entered the house while I was using the toilet and arrested me and then took me away from the police station and I spent six and a half hours in the lock- ups just because of a heated argument between neighbours, which I think is really overboard,” Mr Hanslow said previously.
He was arrested, charged and beaten with a warrant of violence to protect Sebastian, prohibit him from contacting the singer or setting foot on his property.
Phillip Hanslow and his wife Carole have since moved out of their home in Maroubra (pictured to the right of Guy Sebastian’s imposing estate)
The bitter feud began in 2013 when Sebastian, 41, and his wife Jules Egan, 43, bought a house in Maroubra in Sydney’s eastern suburbs for $3.1 million.
But when they demolish it to build their sprawling new dream home, it sparks the epic feud between the Sebastians and Mr. Hanslow.
Mr Hanslow claimed debris from the demolition damaged his home when a ‘brick missile’ slammed into an outside wall, narrowly missing his living room window and his terminally ill wife Carole, who was watching TV inside.
And he thought the final design of Sebastian’s new house was an ugly fortress because of the imposing and windowless facade, which reached to the edge of his house.
Mr. Hanslow has now been evicted from 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, Boo Boo.
But the former builder, who was forced to retire with fibromyalgia, still returns to his home in Maroubra to work on renovations.