Horrific new details have emerged about how a man saved his partner’s life in an alleged double stabbing in one of Sydney’s wealthiest suburbs.
Lazarus Briggs, 28, was allegedly stabbed 10 times, piercing his intestine and lower intestine, while waiting for an Uber to take him home shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday.
An alleged stab wound pierced the biceps artery and sent blood into the street outside Matthew Harper’s parents’ $3 million home in North Turramurra, on Sydney’s upper north shore.
Harper, 31, rushed to Lazarus’ aid, stopping the gushing blood with a tourniquet, after Jess William Ratcliff allegedly attacked him with a knife taken from the kitchen of the Harper family home.
Ratcliff, 30, allegedly stabbed Harper in the leg and Briggs collapsed, bleeding from suspected knife wounds to his back, chest and arm.
Matthew Harper (pictured) rushed to the aid of his partner Lazarus when the 28-year-old tradie was allegedly stabbed 10 times in North Turramurra on Sunday morning.
Alleged stabbing victim Lazarus Briggs (above, skydiving) was hospitalized with 10 stab wounds, including a perforation to his intestine, lower intestine and biceps artery.
Emergency services were called to the house on Somerset Avenue, near the corner of Stephanie Place, after it was reported that two men had been stabbed.
The incident is alleged to have erupted after Briggs, from Sydney’s inner west, became involved in an argument with the knife-wielding accused before turning to leave.
It is alleged that Ratcliff then ran into the kitchen and grabbed a kitchen knife before leaving to allegedly stab Mr Briggs in the back.
Briggs then turned around before he was allegedly stabbed in the chest and then in the bicep.
Tradie Lazarus Briggs, 28, was allegedly stabbed multiple times and blood gushed from a wound on her arm in the grisly scene.
Paramedics treated Mr Harper and Mr Briggs at the scene before they were both taken to Royal North Shore Hospital.
At around 2.30am on Sunday, police arrested Ratcliff, who had suffered injuries to his face, and he was taken to hospital under police guard before being taken to Chatswood police station.
Police charged Ratcliff with reckless wounding, wounding a person with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and affray.
Matthew Harper was also allegedly stabbed in the leg by party guest Jess William Ratcliff, 30, about 2am after a party at Harper’s parents’ home in North Turramurra.
Neighbors said the party at the Harper family home went on well into the night before screams were heard around 2 a.m.
Briggs and other guests attended Wests Tigers’ match against Cronulla Sharks in an NRL clash at Leichhardt Oval on Saturday afternoon before traveling to North Turramurra.
He has told his friends that he was not drinking that night because he was taking medication.
When police and paramedics were called to the scene, they found a knife and a large amount of blood on the sandstone landscape outside the Harper family home.
A knife, supposedly taken from the kitchen of the family home, lies bloodstained in the street in the early hours of Sunday morning after police and paramedics were called.
Neighbors said the party at the $3 million home owned by Harper’s parents (pictured) went on well into the night before screams were heard around 2am on Sunday.
Ratcliff appeared at Hornsby Local Court on Monday before being refused bail.
Detectives are continuing their investigations into the incident.
Anyone with information should call Ku-ring-gai police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
