Two people allegedly injured by a tomahawk-wielding neighbour are "over the moon" the accused attacker is in custody after being terrified he would get bail.
A victims of crime advocate revealed the man and woman had been on edge for weeks after Craig Andrew Rackley, 57, applied for bail in Brisbane Supreme Court.
Rackley is accused of breaking the 52-year-old woman's arm with the tomahawk after confronting her over a "petty dispute".
Rackley allegedly hit the man in the head with the weapon when the 40-year-old tried to intervene while waiting in the street for a pizza delivery.
Justice Paul Freeburn on Thursday denied Rackley bail, finding him an acceptable risk of committing offences on bail or threatening community safety despite his lack of a criminal record.
The decision provided relief for the pair allegedly attacked by Rackley who were afraid he would return to their street, a victims of crime ambassador said.
"I've spoken to them and they are over the moon. They were terrified that he would get bail," Victims 1st's Lyndy Atkinson said.
"They have been on edge now for two weeks because they really thought there was a good chance he would get bail but the crown prosecutor went in hard."
Ms Atkinson said the man and woman had been struggling with lasting physical and mental health impacts.
It was "more good fortune than good management" that they were not more seriously injured or killed, crown prosecutor Ashleigh Worthington told Justice Freeburn.
Justice Freeburn was played two mobile phone videos taken of Rackley's alleged attack in the front yard of a home at Loganlea, south of Brisbane at 7.30pm on September 18, 2025.
A woman could be seen lying on a driveway calling for help and saying "my arm's broken, call an ambulance".
The videos allegedly captured Rackley yelling "I'll f***ing kill you" and "I'm f***ing sick of you c***s".
"The triggering event seems to be someone using a light at 7.30pm," Ms Worthington said
"When he struck (the woman) with a tomahawk axe he brought from his property ... she sustained a compound fracture to her right upper arm and fracture to her left wrist."
The woman required two surgeries to insert plates while the man suffered skull fractures.
Rackley was charged with two counts of acts intended to cause grievous bodily harm.
Defence solicitor Andrew Owens said Rackley, a former hospital worker, had been significantly intoxicated at the time.
"He had lost his long-term job and long-term partner in a short space of time," Mr Owens said.
Rackley proposed to live 20km from Loganlea while on bail and with people who could monitor him to prevent alcohol consumption.
Justice Freeburn said Rackley had been accused of a "vicious attack" over lights, noise and vehicles parking in front of his home.
"The risk is his sudden and violent reaction to the most mundane of triggers," he said.
Rackley's application for bail after spending just over five months in custody was refused.
