Vic man fends off meat cleaver attack

A Victorian man has been attacked with a cuts which penetrated to the bone after another resident at a boarding house allegedly attacked him.

A man has been charged with attacking a fellow resident at a Melbourne boarding house with a meat cleaver and causing injuries which penetrated to the bone.

Ben Lam, 30, appeared before the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Saturday charged with four counts of assault following a fight in Sunshine earlier this week.

Lam allegedly attacked another man with a 30 centimetre-long meat cleaver, causing cuts to the man's head and left arm as he tried to defend himself during an argument on Thursday, the court was told.


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