A New Zealand teenager who was bitten by three people in a vampire-style attack spent a week in hospital fighting infection and fever, according to reports.
A source close to the victim's family told the Dominion Post that he had suffered serious bites on his neck and chest in the attack, and one of them became infected.
"It is a disgrace the [alleged] perpetrators are making this out to be something minor that has been exaggerated," the source said.
James Phillip Brooks, 22, Xenia Gregoriana Borichevsky, 19, and James Eric Orr, 19, have been arrested and charged over the attack in Wellington.
Orr, who appeared in court yesterday, allegedly has a Facebook page where he refers to himself as "the.vampire.marius" — after a character in Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles novels.
Orr's lawyer said he denied any involvement in the attack.
The trio are charged with wounding with intent to render a person unconscious. It carries a maximum penalty of 14 years behind bars.
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