A shopping centre security guard in northern New South Wales has been repeatedly punched in the face and head by a man stopped for not wearing a face mask indoors
A shopping centre security guard in northern New South Wales has been repeatedly punched in the face and head by a man stopped for not wearing a face mask indoors
2 April 2021
The guard approached and offered the man a mask before allegedly being hit in a Lismore shopping centre yesterday.
Nearby people who intervened were then punched in the face and chest themselves before police were called.
The 22-year-old aggressor then kicked a senior male constable in the face in the shopping centre and bit another officer while in Lismore police station.
He was refused on bail to appear in Lismore Local Court today on nine charges including assault.
He was also fined $1000 for failing to comply with the Covid-19 public health order.
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