A man's hand was broken at court today after a fight erupted between rival gangs in the holding area. Police had to get an ambulance to the court to treat Ronlee Petillo, who is on remand for murder.
Seen here in the footage, Petillo had to receive treatment to his arm for and wrist injury he allegedly sustained from that scuffle inside the holding cell area.
There are varying reports on how his hand was injured - and it is unclear whether it happened in a cell fight or when police intervened.
The court environs had started out hostile from earlier in the morning because when the prisoners were being transported from the prison transport to the holding cell, they got angry with photo-journalists who were taking photographs. One of those prisoners picked up a rock and hurled it at one of the journalists, but fortunately, she wasn't hit.
The volatility continued with the Officer Commanding Patrol Alford Branch, deploying additional officers to the court to secure it, while also making an appearance himself.
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