The Age
- Melbourne,
Victoria, Australia
- Sunday, 3 June
2007
Charges over
police scuffle
THREE St Albans men have been charged and two policemen taken to
The Alfred hospital after a scuffle in front of 100 people
waiting to enter a city nightclub.
Police spokeswoman Katherine Jess said the constables were on
patrol in Little Bourke Street on Saturday night when someone in
the queue directed insulting gestures and remarks at them about
11.30pm.
When the officers got out of their van, one man is said to have
immediately become aggressive. When police went to arrest him,
two other men are alleged to have intervened and assaulted the
police.
Security guards from the King Street nightclub helped police
restrain two men, while a third man fled. A man was later
arrested nearby.
The men were then charged with affray, assaulting police and
intentionally and recklessly cause injury. One, aged 24, was
remanded to face Melbourne Magistrates Court today. The other
two were released on bail. |
