Nightclub assailant protests he was the real victim

An attacker's family links police response to the profile of the victim, writes Geesche Jacobsen. 
 
WHEN Blake Markou was assaulted outside Souths Juniors about six years ago, needing stitches to his face, he says police told him to ''piss off'', rejecting the idea of taking a statement or trying to gather video footage of the incident.

But when he assaulted a young man in an Oxford Street nightclub in August 2009, he says while trying to defend a friend, police swung into action.   More Read