NSW fork attacker gets three years jail

A Sydney man who launched a violent vendetta after having two gold chains stolen, abducting a young man and stabbing another with a fork in his bid to reclaim the jewellery, has been jailed for at least three years.

When Elias Michael Gargoura noticed two gold necklaces had been lifted from his bedside table in Sydney's south in September 2013, he decided to take matters into his own hands.

Believing a friend of his partner's daughter was behind the heist, Gargoura hunted 20-year-old Brady Collaros down several days later.

Arriving at Mr Collaros' Monterey house late at night dressed in outlaw bikie attire, Gargoura demanded the young man come outside.

He punched Mr Collaros in the head and abused his mother after she called police, screaming at her: "You're dead, you whore, your house is going to be sprayed with bullets".

Mr Collaros told Gargoura he didn't have the stolen items but could help track them down.

Gargoura then bundled Mr Collaros into a car against his will, ordering that the young man's father drive them to retrieve the items.

The men soon discovered one necklace had been hocked at a pawnbroker and another was at a nearby house.

One of the young men inside the Rockdale house, Jake Lancaster, emerged holding the necklace when they arrived.

Gargoura grabbed Mr Lancaster by the throat, put him against the wall, and pulled out a kitchen fork.

He then unleashed a flurry of blows on Mr Lancaster with the piece of cutlery, before kicking the young man while he lay on the ground.

A Sydney District Court jury ultimately found Gargoura guilty of a handful of kidnapping, assault and menacing offences.

In sentencing Gargoura on Friday afternoon, Judge Penelope Hock said both young men had endured a terrifying episode.

"Brady Collaros was undoubtedly extremely fearful throughout the ordeal," Judge Hock said.

"(Jake Lancaster) too was subjected to a very frightening attack."

Judge Hock said Gargoura was using the drug ice at the time, and had reasonable prospects of rehabilitation if he steered clear of the drug.

"There is evidence he is ashamed and remorseful, which I accept," she said.

Judge Hock said she also accepted Gargoura suffered depression and PTSD, and held well-grounded fears for his wellbeing and safety behind bars.

Gargoura, now aged 52, will be eligible for parole in November 2018.