Assault charges, Cairns
A man has been charged with two counts of assault occasioning bodily harm and one count of common assault following three separate incidents in Cairns last night.
It will be alleged around 11pm a man punched another man in the side of the head on Abbott Street, causing him to fall and strike his head on the ground, knocking him unconscious.
An 18-year-old man from Edmonton, was taken to the Cairns Base Hospital for treatment, where he remains with serious head injuries.
A 20-year-old Edmonton man was located by police in a nearby nightclub soon after and subsequently arrested and charged with assault occasioning bodily harm. He is expected to appear in the Cairns Magistrates Court tomorrow.
The 20-year-old was charged with common assault in relation to two separate alleged assaults occurring in the Cairns CBD overnight, involving two different men. They were both treated for minor injuries.
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