Vic: Peirce charged over alleged meat cleaver attack

AAP General News (Australia)
04-21-2009
Vic: Peirce charged over alleged meat cleaver attack

MELBOURNE, April 21 AAP - The widow of murdered gangland identity Victor Peirce has
been charged with attempted murder over an alleged meat cleaver attack in Port Melbourne.

Wendy Peirce, 52, also faces a charge of intentionally causing serious injury to Mark Lohse, 44.

It is understood the charges relate to an attack on Lohse who was on his way to the
bar at a hotel in Port Melbourne at about 4.50pm on March 28 when he was allegedly set
upon.

Magistrate Susan Wakeling ordered Peirce be seen by a doctor after the court heard
she was taking medication for depression.

Peirce did not apply for bail and was remanded in custody until June 30 for a committal mention.

The court heard another woman, Andrea Fuzzard, has also been charged over the attack.

Victor Peirce was charged and acquitted over the 1988 murders of two police officers
in Walsh Street, South Yarra.

He was shot dead in a car parked in Bay Street, Port Melbourne, on May 1, 2002.

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