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Guy Sebastian has claimed he ‘isn’t the bad guy’ as he breaks his silence about the ongoing feud between him and his neighbour.
Phillip Hanslow, 66, has been charged with threatening the musician’s death and knocking down his fence on their adjoining property in Maroubra, eastern Sydney, during an alleged altercation on January 23.
Mr Hanslow has accused Sebastian of towering over him with a brick during a fiery confrontation, with the 66-year-old due to appear in court on Thursday.
During a TV interview on Friday morning, Sebastian claimed that much had been said about the lawsuit “that’s not true.”
“This is an ongoing thing, not an isolated event, something happened between me and him where I actually asked him to stop damaging my property,” he said.
Guy Sebastian has claimed that he is ‘not the bad guy’ in his first TV interview about the ongoing feud between him and his neighbour.
“There were some things that were said from his side that made me call the police,” he claimed.
Sebastian was adamant that it wasn’t “me against him” and stressed that he wasn’t the one issuing a warrant for violence.
“It is the police who have decided to take the initiative to take out an AVO,” he continued.
“As a public person I will manage, things will be said, but where do I start?
“Something was said yesterday and there were things in the paper today that were completely fabricated.
“I know it’s more of a story to flip the story so that somehow I’m the bad guy, but it’s just not true at all.”
Pictured: Phillip Hanslow out of court on Thursday morning. He is accused of damaging Guy Sebastian’s fence
The lawsuit so far has centered on Hanslow’s request for Sebastian’s footage of the alleged confrontation, which his high-profile attorney Bryan Wrench said could be important to the case.
“We expect to show the images [Sebastian] towering over Mr Hanslow with a stone in his hand,” he told Waverley Local Court on Thursday.
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.
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)
Mr Wrench revealed new details of their alleged confrontation in court.
“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.
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.
Sebastian (pictured with his wife Jules) said much that was said about his lawsuit ‘wasn’t true’
‘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’.
Days later, police raided Hanslow’s home and arrived at the elderly man’s home as he sat on the toilet.
“They broke into the back of the house, smashed the door and entered the house while I was on the toilet and arrested me and then took me to the police station and I spent six and a half hours in the lockups during just a heated argument between neighbours, which I think is really exaggerated,” 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.
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.