Southport, Gold Coast fight near police station caught on video as man is arrested and charged
Wild moment when an all-in fight breaks out in the middle of a busy shopping area and just yards from a police station, when a man is arrested.
- Fight breaks out in Gold Coast CBD as man is charged on Tuesday
- Blows, expletives thrown meters away from the police station
- The accused 31-year-old man will appear in court on Wednesday.
A wild fight broke out just meters from a police station with two groups punching and swearing before the police intervened.
Queensland Police were called to the Southport shopping strip on the Gold Coast just before 3pm on Tuesday to report that people were fighting on the corner of Scarborough and Nerang St, just yards from the police station. of Southport and the courthouse.
The footage showed a man in a blue shirt rolling up his clenched fist and punching a shirtless man to the ground before falling on top of him.
The man in the blue shirt and his friends could then be heard yelling at the shirtless man and his partner.
“Go away,” the man in the blue shirt shouted.
“Fuck off yeah man go fix your shit,” his friend could be heard saying.
Stay out of here.
Other civilians could be seen trying to avoid the altercation while others tried to break it up.
The video then cut out after police arrived on the scene as officers separated the two groups as they continued to yell at each other from across the square.
‘Oh, you’re a son of a bitch, aren’t you?’ the shirtless man’s friend yelled.
‘Well, where the hell were you?’
The woman, who was holding papers that had been thrown during the fight, was just one of several people questioned by officers.
When she realized the camera was pointing at her, she quickly raised the paper to try to cover her face.
Police have charged a 31-year-old man for his alleged role in a wild brawl that broke out on the Gold Coast.
Police allege that a 31-year-old man was fighting with multiple people before they arrived on the scene and were able to arrest him.
He was charged with two counts of obstructing the police and one count of disorderly conduct.
No one else allegedly involved in the fight was arrested.
His bail was refused and he is scheduled to appear at Southport Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
The man was charged with one count of obstructing police and one count of disorderly conduct and will face Southport Magistrates Court on Wednesday.