Update: Assault, North Ward

Police have charged a 22-year-old man following investigations into an alleged glassing incident at North Ward last night.

At about 7.40pm on April 1, police attended a hotel on The Strand in relation to a disturbance.

It will be alleged that a male patron has used a glass to inflict a wound to a staff member’s face while being ejected from the venue.

The security guard, a 25-year-old man, was transported to the Townsville General Hospital with facial lacerations.

A 22-year-old Cranbrook man has been charged with assault occasioning bodily harm whilst armed and is due to appear in the Townsville Magistrates Court on April 23.

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