Maybe he was paranoid because he was not having fun, and they were???
Mentioned on last night's News that he hasn't been over here from NZ for long & he doesn't have any friends, poor diddums - so who were the pack he was prowling with?
Unfortunately not much good happens after 3am.
In my years driving a taxi I've seen a lot of this Shit,it comes down to alcohol , drugs & testosterone & its happened for years before it was called a coward punch.
I don't think legistration will fix it,drunken idiots don't think about the penalty before they commit the offence. The only thing that works is for them to get the same treatment.
So, as someone else said, why do you need to still be on the turps at 3 - 5am? How about we go back to the old days of 10pm last drinks, for midnight closing during the week & extend it out to 1 last drinks & 3 close on Friday & Saturday?
Ohhh, but that would destroy the night-club industry & tourists can't party on
Well, you know what? Stuff 'em - they aren't the ones picking up the pieces afterwards.
Like i said something derogitory and insulting.
Ifvtheres a bunch of kids outside a nightclub and some dick clocks someone and someone yells out "what a coward punch"
It just sounds bloody rediculous to me.
Alright then - someone throws a coward punch, they get grabbed by the cops & hand-cuffed to the nearest light pole for the next 12 hours with a sign hung round his neck "I'm an a'hole that kinghit / coward punched someone & they're now in hospital".
So after 12 hours (so "3pm" tomorrow arvo) without food or water, probably with a king-size hangover, & having "enjoyed" the public's "mercy" for the day, they get taken down, straight to the watch-house for the night, court the next morning & automatically the next 30 days on the street picking up rubbish, cleaning public toilets & similar choice tasks, while wearing bright pink overalls, emblazoned "I'm a coward puncher", while living in a detention centre overnight.
Tell you what, that bloke & any of his mates will think twice before punching anybody ever again