A man who committed assault and battery against a speed camera
operator was ordered by a court to pay his victim $401,265 in
damages.
Assault and battery due to mistaken belief
The NSW District Court heard the unprovoked attack happened in a
car park in the town of Oberon, when the attacker mistakenly
decided that an operator sitting in his vehicle monitoring a mobile
speed camera was a paedophile preying on children.
The attacker, a corrections officer, was recorded on the
operator's video yelling: "You're a... dog, open the
f.... door... you're a paedophile waiting for kids" as he
yanked on the car door, forced open the car window and punched the
driver in the face, despite the driver repeatedly telling him he
was operating a speed camera on the nearby road.
