A man has been charged after allegedly chasing a group of women with a tree branch.
The 42-year-old was caught on CCTV approaching a dozen women posing for a photograph in King George Square in Brisbane’s central business district.
All the women ran towards the City Hall building while the photographer stayed behind to fend off the man without success.
A 42-year-old man ruined a photo shoot by allegedly approaching a dozen women in Brisbane’s King George Square with a tree branch.
Police charged the man with intentionally damaging property and being armed to cause fear.
Police arrived at the scene and discovered that the women had locked themselves inside a building for safety.
The man was charged with intentional damage to property on Adelaide Street and being armed to cause fear.
Brisbane Mayor Adrian Schrinner described footage of the incident as “disturbing”.
The incident was captured by the city’s CCTV network, which recently added another 240 cameras to help police combat youth crime.
This brings the total number of cameras in the Brisbane City Council area to 3,500.
The cameras are constantly monitored and have assisted in the prosecution of 1,595 crimes in the last 12 months.
