Father and son charged after police officer allegedly assaulted – Brunswick Heads

A man is due to appear in Byron Bay Local Court today charged after a police officer was treated for facial and hand injuries allegedly sustained in a confrontation at Brunswick Heads yesterday.

Police will allege a 38-year-old man and his 68-year-old father were involved in a scuffle with the officer on Fingal Street, Brunswick Heads, about 9.30am yesterday (17 May), after he stopped to speak with the men following a minor traffic incident.

It’s alleged the younger man, who was a passenger in a Toyota Lexcen sedan, got out of the car and assaulted the officer.

It will be further alleged the driver also became involved in a scuffle during which the officer sustained cuts to his mouth, bruising to his left eye and cheek, grazing on his neck, and cuts to his left hand.

Assistance was called for and the men were arrested at the scene. They were taken to Byron Bay Police Station where the younger man was charged with:

• Assault police officer;

• Assault occasioning actual bodily harm in company;

• Assault occasioning actual bodily harm;

• Resist officer in execution of duty; and,

• Use offensive language.

He was refused bail to appear at Byron Bay Local Court today.

The older man was charged with:

• Assault police officer;

• Assault occasioning actual bodily harm in company;

• Assault occasioning actual bodily harm; and,

• Resist officer in execution of duty.

He was granted conditional bail to appear in Mullumbimby Local Court on 14 June. Both men are from Byron Bay.

The officer, a detective sergeant from Byron Bay, was treated at Mullumbimby Hospital.

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