43-year old
Stipe Lozina was recorded by CCTV cameras in November 2019
asking 31-year old Muslim woman Rana Elasmar for change in a
Parramatta café, before making derogatory comments about her
religion. He then leapt across the table and punched her more than
a dozen times, before stomping on her head when she fell to the
floor.
The horrific footage
of the unprovoked attack went viral on social media. At the time,
Ms Elasmar was 38-weeks pregnant.
She suffered head and facial injuries, as well as the lasting
psychological trauma that comes from such a vicious, unprovoked
attack.
Stipe Lozina pleaded guilty to
assault occasioning actual bodily harm and faced a maximum
penalty of five years in prison.
