A man has avoided jail for his involvement in a fight that resulted in the stabbing of a former X Factor contestant.
Mohamed Hamdin, 22, was handed two years probation after pleading guilty to affray for his involvement in the fight outside a Sydney nightclub on October 14, 2012.
Former X Factor contestant Jelal Edmonds, 19, was stabbed in the torso after the fight broke out in Paddington, following a launch party for his new single.
Hamdin was involved in the fight with another man who pulled out a knife and stabbed Mr Edmonds, who performs as part of the Sydney rap duo Lazy J.
The man is expected to stand trial over the incident at a later date.
Magistrate Lisa Stapleton told a Sydney local court on Thursday the act of affray was "reprehensible", but noted that it was separate to the stabbing.
Lazy J came into the public eye in 2009 when the duo made it to the top 24 of X Factor Australia.
Court documents reveal Hamdin, who came to Australia as a refugee with his family, was among a group of Sudanese men at a VIP room at Eleven Nightclub on Oxford Street, where Mr Edmonds and his band mate Panapa Iafeta were due to perform.
An argument involving a man who was with Hamdin broke out on the dance floor over a girl Mr Edmonds was dancing with.
Hamdin and up to nine others left the club, but allegedly stood three metres from the entrance rapping and singing for some time.
Shortly after Mr Edmonds and Mr Iafeta performed their set, they were approached by Hamdin and two other men after leaving the club.
Mr Iafeta said he felt someone punch him in the back of the head, turned around and saw Hamdin standing behind him.
"Why the f*** do you want to dog shot me? Why don't you hit me one-on-one - face to face?" Mr Iafeta said, according to court documents.
Witnesses said they saw 10 to 15 people in the brawl than ensued.
Mr Edmonds felt a sharp pain on the left side of his chest and later discovered he had been stabbed above the heart.
He was rushed to hospital for emergency surgery.
Ms Stapleton said Mr Edmonds was "totally innocent" in the incident.
She said the men involved were trying to prove they were "bigger and tougher than everyone else".
"It's an affront," she told Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court.
"People should be able to go out and enjoy themselves ... without fear."
Hamdin, who is from Auburn, was facing a maximum of 10 years in jail for the affray charge. He is now on a good behaviour bond for two years.
