Update: Assault, Childers
Detectives from the Wide Bay and Burnett District Criminal Investigation Branch have charged a man following a serious assault in Childers on December 22.
It will be alleged that just before midnight, a man attended a licensed premises on Churchill Street and became involved in a physical altercation with a 31-year-old male patron from Apple Tree Creek.
A man was allegedly punched in the face, knocking him to the ground.
He sustained several broken teeth, lacerations and other injuries to his face as well as a concussion and was transported to Bundaberg Hospital for medical treatment.
The alleged offender left the pub in the company of two other men.
A 26-year-old Murrumba Downs man has been charged with one count of grievous bodily harm and is scheduled to appear in the Cairns Magistrates Court tomorrow.
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