Anti-social behaviour

TEEN SHOT IN WEST END PUB

Posted on June 13th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Police have begun no less than two investigations after a 17-year-old girl armed with a knife was shot in the beer garden of a Townsville pub. Responding to a report that a young woman was armed and making threats, officers

MAN DIES AFTER ASSAULT AT UNANDERRA

Posted on May 3rd, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
An Illawarra man faces escalating charges after another man, who he allegedly hit during a brawl at the pub, has died as a result of his injuries. Authorities state that around 10.50pm on 12 April emergency services responded to reports

EDITOR’S NOTE: THE POINTY END OF KNIFE LAWS

Posted on April 22nd, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Amid the trial of a woman for the stabbing death of a publican in the UK, and multiple instances of high-profile knife violence in Sydney, questions around armed assault and extremism are as relevant as ever in Australia. Maidstone Crown

MAN JAILED OVER ROID-FUELLED RAGE AT PUB

Posted on January 24th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
A man has been sentenced to less than two years’ prison for a brutal steroid-fuelled attack in late 2020, assaulting a security guard and leaving an innocent patron with permanent injuries. Blakeview resident, 34-year-old Dale Ryan Lush, was drinking at

EVICTED PATRON RETURNS WITH CHAINSAW

Posted on May 28th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
A disgruntled patron evicted from the famed Daly Waters pub later returned with a chainsaw and bad intentions. NT Police watch commander Sonia Kennon said pub owner Tim Carter called the police around 11:30pm, on 20 May. A 44-year-old man had

SYDNEY MAN IN COURT OVER BALMAIN GLASSING

Posted on January 20th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
A Drummoyne man has faced court over an unprovoked ‘glassing’ and assault on another patron in a Balmain pub. Court records stated 32-year-old Daniel Boyd engaged two other men in the poker machine room of the Unity Hall Hotel, around

MASSIVE BRAWL PROMPTS QUESTIONS OVER VICTORIAN VIOLENCE

Posted on September 5th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Melbourne institution the Gasometer Hotel was the setting of a massive brawl over the weekend, as the Prime Minister says Victoria has a “law and order problem”. The Gasometer Hotel enjoys a proud history of supporting Melbourne’s diverse live music

CALLS FOR EQUALITY OVER ALCOHOL VIOLENCE BY WOMEN

Posted on July 23rd, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
A Sydney magistrate has attacked alcohol-fuelled violence, calling for greater sentencing on perpetrators after hearing cases of drunken assaults by women. British-born Elizabeth Hasler appeared last week in Waverley Local Court charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm. The matter

STRIP-DOWN PUNCH-UP SIDE-SHOW

Posted on July 18th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Two men have been convicted over their roles in a drunken fight turned strip-show outside a Wollongong pub. CCTV footage (below) shows the events of a Wednesday night outside the Grand Hotel, on 24 May last year, beginning with a

YOUNG MAN DIES FOLLOWING PUB FIGHT HEAD INJURY

Posted on March 19th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Police are investigating the suspicious death of a 21-year-old man following his involvement in a fight in and outside a local pub. On Saturday morning (17 March) local stonemason Sam Leschke was found dead at his parents’ house, where he