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An emotional father resorted to violence after hearing his son was âking-hitâ from behind at a Central Queensland pub.
Timothy John Bird, 45, was at Moranbahâs Black Nugget Hotel when he was told by his 22-year-old son that he had been king hit from behind, Lawyer Carly Guilfoyle told Moranbah Magistrates Court.
Bird, an operator at Peak Downs Mine, confronted the man, which broke into a fight in the carpark of the pub.
Police prosecutor Sergeant Kevin Ongheen said police were called to the pub at 12.30am on December 18 and saw the defendant and several other males hitting each other with closed fists.
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Subscriber only A MINING operator punched a security guard in the face after his girlfriend was asked to leave a Central Queensland pub. Jason Warren Nalder, 26, pleaded guilty at Clermont Magistrates Court on December 9, to one count of common assault, after the charge was downgraded from assaults occasioning bodily harm. Duty lawyer Carly Guilfoyle said Nalder was out on the town on February 28, 2020, drinking with a large group of friends and family at Moranbah s Black Nugget Hotel. Police prosecutor Sergeant Kevin Ongheen said the incident occurred just after 10pm when security asked Nalder s girlfriend, now wife, to leave the premises.