A young man who allegedly attacked two Perth fast food workers with a meat cleaver nearly a decade ago has been extradited back to Western Australia.
Leroy Tawanda Tsuro today was back in police custody in Australia after giving them the slip in 2016 and allegedly fleeing to New Zealand.
Police assert that the 26-year-old suspect engaged in provocative behavior towards the investigating detectives, reportedly drawing inspiration from the Leonardo DiCaprio film. Allegedly, he taunted the detectives over the phone saying, “catch me, if you can.”
The then-18-year-old had been interviewed by police the day before catching a flight from Perth to Auckland.
He was purportedly caught on camera during a late-night robbery at a McDonald’s in Morley, accompanied by another individual. Accused of menacing and causing harm to two employees with large meat cleavers while demanding money.
Efforts by the WA Police to extradite Tsuro from New Zealand commenced in February of the previous year. The 26-year-old contested this move in the High Court, a legal battle he ultimately lost.
Today he was back in Perth and went before a magistrate.
He applied for bail after being charged with aggravated armed robbery.
The court was told one fast food worker had a meat cleaver held to her throat as two men yelled out, “open the f—ing safe”.
Tsuro is also accused of hitting a staff member on the leg, cutting them.
The magistrate heard his co-offender was jailed for four and a half years. Tsuro was denied bail and remanded in custody to reappear in July.
