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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.