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ARTICLE · 23 NOVEMBER 2019

NSW police and security guards are thugs

Security guards and police officers have been a common feature of Sydney night life since lock-out laws were introduced.

AustraliaCriminal Law

A Sydney man has been sentenced in Downing Centre Local Court after an incident at a nightclub in the city earlier this year.

32-year old Keiren Patrick Noonan, an actor and electrician who once appeared on "Home and Away", told the court that the security guards and police officers were heavy-handed on the night he was arrested at Cargo Bar in King Street Wharf, Darling Harbour.

He said that when the guards directed him to leave the bar for being intoxicated, he told them he just wanted to finish his drink, but they became aggressive and grabbed the drink from his hand.

He said that a scuffle began when plain clothes police officers approached and tried to arrest him, during which a female officer's nose was broken.

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