A nightmare roommate drugged and bludgeoned his flatmate with a hammer in a bid to avoid paying him back money he borrowed.
Harry, who worked as a chef, loaned his flatmate Kevin £29,000 to invest in a business selling hand sanitizer in Indonesia during Covid.
But as the agreed deadline was approaching, he asked for a repayment, which caused Arden to launch the attack, news.com.au reports.Arden appeared before Sydney’s Downing Centre District Court as he awaits sentencing over the 2020 attack.
Harry described in harrowing detail the sickening moment he woke up after being repeatedly hit with a hammer by his friend.
He described how the attack affected him in an emotional victim impact statement.“It took a long time to fall asleep because it reminded me of what happened,” he said.
His ordeal finally came to an end when one of their housemates forced his way into the room.
He suffered head fractures, a broken left hand and cuts and abrasions in the attack forcing him to stop working for 12 months and eventually drain his savings.The court was also told that “considerable quantities” of blood were found sprayed across the wall where the attack took place.
Arden will be sentenced by Judge Huggett next month.
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