AN elderly man has been banned from the Royal Oak hotel in Cheltenham for allegedly punching an 80-year-old woman. He may also be charged with assault.
The woman told police she was walking to the cashier’s desk, 1.20pm, Sunday 23 October, when a man standing behind her fell over. He got up saying she had caused him to fall and allegedly punched her in the kidney. The woman told her son, who held the man, 74, until police arrived.
Police who viewed CCTV footage said it corroborated the woman’s account of the incident. A brief is being prepared pending the laying of any charges.
First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 26 October 2016
