A man, charged with pushing over a 53-year-old at a Coffs Harbour pub, has now been accused of assault causing death.
Police say the victim was involved in a physical altercation at The Plantation Hotel on Saturday night, where he fell and hit his head on a concrete floor.
Two days later, emergency services found the 53-year-old dead at a unit on Korff Street.
A crime scene was set up and forensically examined.
As part of Strike Force Boodgery’s investigations, a 44-year-old man was arrested over the assault at Woolgoolga on April 13.
He was charged at Coffs Harbour Police Station with assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
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Police spent the weekend on the tail of a man who allegedly stole two cars, taking them on a joy ride along the Coffs Coast.
The stealing spree started at a home at Stuarts Point on Friday night where a Holden Rodeo was taken.
On Sunday, police noticed the stolen Holden around 100 kilometres away, near Moonee Beach, and pursued the ute, but pulled back due to safety concerns.
Around 11pm that night police found the ute burnt out on East Bank Road in Coramba, where a Nissan X-Trail was then stolen.
Around two hours later, at 1:30am on Monday, a police patrol spotted the X-Trail in a Woolgoolga supermarket carpark and started a pursuit, but it quickly became too dangerous.