Alcohol-related violence

TEEN BEATEN OUTSIDE COFFS PUB NOW CHARGED

Posted on April 3rd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
UPDATE: The teenager seen in a video being assaulted by a security guard outside a Coffs hotel has been charged by police with multiple offenses. Video emerged on social media and 7News showing an 18-year-old man being struck by a

NOVEMBER WOMEN BEHAVING BADLY

Posted on December 2nd, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Men are not the only perpetrators of antisocial behaviour and as the summer surge begins November saw news of three incidents of violence by women in Australian pubs. Just past midnight into 5 November, a 24-year-old woman is alleged to

COMMUNITY OUTCRY FOR PUB PUNCH VICTIM’S FAMILY

Posted on November 28th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
A senseless brawl outside a north Queensland pub has left a man in a coma and a town rallying in support. On Friday, 18 November around 11pm an altercation began between a group of men outside the Court House Hotel

VIOLENT PATRONS SLUGGED JUST DESSERTS

Posted on September 30th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Men in Victoria and Queensland have been hit with tough penalties for their roles in two incidents of antisocial behaviour in pubs. On 6 May at the Railway Hotel in Bannockburn, two men not known to each other got into

SENTENCES FOR ALCOHOL ASSAULTS: VICTORIA vs NSW

Posted on August 22nd, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Assailants have been sentenced after serious alcohol-soaked assaults that nearly killed innocent victims, with a Victorian teen facing greater time than two Sydney men. In June, 2015, brothers Kye Smith and Corey Lucas beat and seriously injured Keighery Hotel assistant

COFFS PUB LEADS ‘DOG’ ANTI-VIOLENCE CAMPAIGN

Posted on April 4th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Popular NSW North Coast pub the Plantation Hotel is backing a local initiative to use trained fighters to raise awareness of the dangers of ‘coward’ punches. Martial arts instructor Michael Landas approached Plantation Hotel general manager Daniel Knox, who was

COWARDS CONTINUE TO KING-HIT IN PUBS

Posted on January 22nd, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The gutless so-called ‘coward’s punch’ continues to be the weapon of choice for too many drunken men, as Australian pubs continue to bear the brunt of the ugliness. This week has seen news on two more testosterone-charged assaults involving cowards

PRESS SHOWS VIOLENCE NOT AN AUSTRALIAN PROBLEM

Posted on January 22nd, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Disturbingly violent incidents continue unabated in the British Isles, offering perspective on the frequency and severity of Australia’s eulogised “epidemic” of violence. UK media issues almost daily reports of alcohol-fuelled violence at licensed premises between highly intoxicated people. The majority

PUBS BEGIN PRECINCT-WIDE BAN ON VIOLENT PATRONS

Posted on January 18th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The Maryborough Liquor Accord has hit out at violence in venues, threatening six-month precinct-wide bans for all involved. A new hours north of Brisbane, Maryborough boasts 14 pubs and the annual ‘World’s Greatest Pub Crawl’ event. [caption id="attachment_4852" align="alignright" width="382"]

VICTORIAN PUB UNDER SIEGE BY DRUNKS OUTSIDE

Posted on November 30th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
The Derrimut Hotel in the Victorian suburb of Sunshine is continuing its battle with local alcohol-related violence, with reports the hotel has at times been ‘under siege’. Western Metropolitan MP Bernie Finn told Victorian State Parliament that regular antisocial behaviour