Update: Stealing with violence, Highgate Hill
Police investigating an alleged assault at a convenience store in Highgate Hill on February 9 have charged a man.
It will be alleged at 1:45pm a man entered the business on Gladstone Road and attempted to leave the store after hiding a drink in his pants.
Police will further allege when challenged by a staff member the man assaulted the staff member, striking him a number of times in the face before fleeing the store.
The male staff member was transported to the Mater Hospital for treatment of facial injuries.
Investigators have charged a 25-year-old man with one count of robbery with violence.
He has been remanded in custody and is next due to appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court on February 12.
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