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Five arrests after fight

 

Five people have been arrested and charged following a fight at Ettalong, involving a baseball bat.

A 37-year-old Woy Woy man was allegedly kicked, punched and struck with a baseball bat after four people intervened in an altercation outside a house on Barrenjoey Rd at 4.15pm on Sunday, September 25.

The man sustained serious injuries, including a possible fractured cheek, bruising and soft tissue damage.

A six-year-old girl also suffered minor injuries in the incident.

Police from Brisbane Water Local Area Command attended the scene and arrested five people.

A 41-year-old Liverpool man was refused bail to appear in Gosford Local Court charged with assault, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and use weapon to commit indictable offence.

A 42-year-old Woy Woy man and two Ettalong Beach women, aged 39 and 44, were also charged with assault-related offences and conditionally bailed to appear in court next month.

The injured man will also appear in court at a later date, charged with unrelated offences.

Press release, September 26 NSW Police Media