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A Muslim man accused of whipping his protegee 40 times with an electric cable for drinking alcohol said he inflicted the punishment out of love, a Sydney court has been told.
Wassim Fayad allegedly told his victim Cristian Martinez, "Next time you think of picking up a drink, you will remember this pain," Burwood Local Court was told on Monday.
Fayad, 44, Zakaryah Raad, 21, Tolga Cifci, 21, and Cengiz Coskun, 22, have pleaded not guilty over the alleged incident in Mr Martinez's Silverwater apartment in western Sydney between July 16 and July 17 last year.