Millionaire `in street fight over noisy dog` |
Millionaire `in street fight over noisy dog` | 30.06.2009 | |
 Street fight ... Mark Bouris, the former boss of Wizard Home Loans and host of the upcoming Australian version of The Apprentice, allegedly roughed up a neighbour. | SHE`S cute and blonde but the new girl in millionaire businessman Mark Bouris`s life has led to a spat with his exclusive Eastern Suburbs neighbours.
Mr Bouris, the former boss of Wizard Home Loans and host of the upcoming Australian version of The Apprentice, has allegedly roughed up a Watsons Bay resident who complained about the "incessant barking" of Connie, a 15-month-old golden labrador belonging to Mr Bouris`s girlfriend.
Peter Anthony McGrath, 58, has applied for an AVO against Mr Bouris after a scuffle allegedly broke out between the pair on Sunday.
Although Woollahra Council confirmed no formal complaints had been made to rangers about Connie, Mr McGrath claims her barking has been disrupting his sleep for six months.
About 2.15am on Sunday, Mr McGrath went across the road to Mr Bouris` home to quieten Connie, according to court documents.
He claims Mr Bouris and his girlfriend met him on the street as he walked towards their fence.
"That was you, wasn`t it you f...ing p...., leaving notes on my garage door," Mr Bouris allegedly shouted.
When Mr McGrath told him Connie had been barking since 8pm, Mr Bouris allegedly yelled: "Leave my f...ing girlfriend`s dog alone."
Mr McGrath claims Mr Bouris then pushed him into a wooden fence twice, causing him to hit his head.
When he freed himself and ran back to his house, he said Mr Bouris chased him to his front door and jammed his foot and arm inside so it couldn`t be closed.
Mr McGrath eventually shut the door and rang the police.
Later that day, he gave a five-page statement to officers at Rose Bay police station and took part in a forensic procedure and a full video re-enactment.
Neither men turned up to Waverley Court for the AVO application but a lawyer for Mr Bouris said his client stayed at the house just two out of seven nights a week.
He added that Mr Bouris`s girlfriend had also vacated the home and placed Connie temporarily in a boarding kennel.
"The puppy has been removed," he said.
The lawyer also said Mr Bouris` girlfriend had her own complaint to file against Mr McGrath, who is about to travel overseas for a month.
Noting that "no one will be left in the street", Magistrate Leigh Gilmour refused to grant an interim AVO and deferred hearing the application until October.
In a statement to The Daily Telegraph, Mr Bouris said no other neighbour had complained about Connie to him or his girlfriend and he "believes he has behaved appropriately throughout the matter".
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