NSW: Rugby star knifed in karaoke brawl

Daily Telegraph
February, 2007

Thomas Pritchard, 20, remains in a critical condition in Liverpool Hospital after being stabbed twice in the heart.

The brawl - between several members of the Pritchard family, who are Maori, and 10 Asian males - is thought to have begun at a Liverpool unit block about 3.30am after a dispute over loud music ...

Police inquiries indicate the Pritchards and several relatives confronted a large group having a party at the unit after being summoned by a woman relative.

The woman, who lived in the block, claimed she had been threatened when she asked her next-door neighbours to turn down their music.

"They refused ... so she called all the boys over,'' Ms Mapusua said.

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Sydney Morning Herald
February 2007

It's understood the Pritchards' sister was so terrified after being confronted in the corridor outside her apartment she telephoned both her brothers and two other relatives.

Sources said a knife was held at her throat during the ensuing altercation ...

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