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ARTICLE · 20 AUGUST 2020

Assault offences in New South Wales

The NSW offence of Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm (AOABH) carries a maximum penalty of five years' imprisonment.

AustraliaCriminal Law

Police are searching for five men who are alleged to have assaulted a 71-year old man on the street at St Johns Road in Bradbury, south of Campbelltown, at around 6.30pm on Tuesday, 11 August 2020.

It is alleged the men set upon the elderly man by punching him several times and causing him to fall to the ground, then continuing to punch and kick him while he was down.

A number of bystanders intervened and the matter was reported to police, who attended a short time later.

The elderly man was conveyed to Liverpool hospital where he was treated for a range of injuries, including a broken jaw, facial fractures, a dislocated right shoulder and abrasions and severe swelling to his head, limbs and body.

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