Elite barrister whose ex-private schoolboy sons are accused of viciously bashing two footy fans asks for 'privacy' and removes his profile from the bar website
- The sons of a prominent QC have been charged over an attack outside the MCG
- Dominic and Sam Walker were arrested on Friday in Melbourne's inner-city
- Footage captured the moment a man was punched repeatedly in an assault
- Tim Walker QC has now removed his bar website profile and asked for 'privacy'
The elite Queen's Counsel barrister whose sons have been charged over a brutal assault outside a footy game has asked for 'privacy' for the family and removed his profile from the bar website.
Tim Walker took the steps after his sons Dominic and Sam, aged in their 20s, were charged along with a third man over an attack outside the MCG after Friday's AFL qualifying final between Richmond and Hawthorn.
The incident was filmed by onlookers and footage showed one of the men delivering a series of powerful punches to the head of the victim, who was lying on his back on the street.
The Walker brothers are former students of the $28,500 per year Xavier College in Melbourne and are grandsons of acclaimed Australian research biologist Sir Gustav Nossal.
They have been charged with allegedly intentionally causing injury, recklessly causing injury and other assault-related offences.
Three footy fans have been charged following an incident caught on camera outside the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday following an AFL qualifying match
Their father, Tim Walker, who was appointed as a QC in 2015, asked the media for 'privacy' in a written statement released on Tuesday.
'We have every confidence Victoria Police will obtain all relevant evidence, including all available CCTV footage,' he said.
Mr Walker said he would not comment on proceedings as police investigations were ongoing.
He has also removed his profile from the List G Barristers website.
The accused, Dominic Walker and his brother Sam, are the sons of elite Tim Walker QC (left) and the grandsons of biologist and 2000 Australian of the Year Gustav Nossal (right)
Mr Walker's sons and the third man were bailed on Saturday morning and will appear in Melbourne Magistrates' Court on December 4.
A 61-year-old man from Rosebud on the Mornington Peninsula southeast of Melbourne, and his 45-year-old friend from Mount Evelyn on Melbourne's eastern fringe were taken to hospital following the incident.
Victims of Crimes Commissioner Greg Davies told the Herald Sun he would 'like to see the AFL ban (those responsible) from going to the football for life' and said the character of such street fights was becoming more vicious.
'It's alien to anyone over the age of 40,' Mr Davies said.
'If one of their mates kicked someone in a fight, they'd be wiped like a runny nose. Nowadays, it seems to be de rigueur.'
An altercation between five people allegedly erupted outside the Pullman Hotel on Wellington Parade, adjacent to the MCG, at around 12:10am.
The footage shows a man being punched in the head approximately 17 times before being stomped, while his friend was also attacked
Mobile phone footage captured an assault released by police on Friday - and three men were seen fleeing the scene around the corner onto Clarendon Street and into Fitzroy Gardens.
The footage showed a man being punched in the head approximately 17 times before being stomped on, while his friend was also attacked.
Witnesses told investigators two men were walking along Wellington Parade when they were approached by the three men, with one wearing a Richmond beanie.
Two men were taken to the Alfred Hospital, with the 61-year-old suffering serious facial injuries and the 45-year-old being treated for a possible broken arm
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