Two men have been charged with a total of 13 offences after they allegedly assaulted another man in the Sydney CBD this morning, NSW Police say.
About 1.15am today, two 19-year-old men were at Central Railway Station, Haymarket, when they approached a 25-year-old man.
Police will allege the two men physically assaulted the older man a number of times, and continued when the man fell to the ground.
The two men and their friend left the scene and emergency services were called.
The injured man was taken to St Vincent’s Hospital in a serious condition.
Officers from Police Transport Command with the assistance of Sydney City Local Area Command attended and following a search of area, located the men nearby.
They were arrested and taken to Day Street Police Station.
One of the men, who is from Tuggerawong, was charged with seven offences including assault occasioning actual bodily harm in company, two counts of common assault, enter/leave restricted area not process ticket, drink alcohol on bus/ferry/train or in public place, behave in offensive manner in public passenger vehicle and resist officer in execution of duty.
The second man, from Kanwal, was charged with six offences, including custody of knife in public place, assault occasioning actual bodily harm in company, common assault, enter/leave restricted area not process ticket, drink alcohol on bus/ferry/train or in public place, and behave in offensive manner in public passenger vehicle.
Both men were refused bail and will appear at Parramatta Bail Court today.
