Robbery with violence, Kirwan
Townsville police investigating the alleged assault and robbery of two men at Kirwan last night (October 21) have charged a 21-year-old man.
Two local men, aged 39 and 43, were walking along Bamford Lane when they were approached by a man around 8pm.
It will be alleged the man demanded cash with the men complying before one of them was punched in the face.
The victim ran inside a nearby liquor store and called police. He returned outside to find his friend had been also hit and was lying on the ground.
A bystander came to the men’s assistance and the offender fled the scene on foot with a sum of cash.
Patrolling police arrested a man soon after in a nearby street.
A 21-year-old Deeragun man has been denied police bail and remanded in custody to appear in the Townsville Magistrates Court this morning charged with two counts of robbery with violence.
Both victims transported to Townsville Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
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