Police are warning people to behave this festive season after a concerning number of assaults were reported in the past seven days. Picture: Tony Martin Don t take your actions out on them; try and deal with things in an adult way. The 24 instances included 14 assault occasioning bodily harm, four common assault, one minor assault police, and three instances of grievous bodily harm. The security guard who had blood spat in their face and a person threatened with a knife were two matters deemed serious assault.
Share your thoughts on this issue through a letter to the editor: We did have a domestic incident that resulted in a bodily harm during the course of last week but these others are just people who may know each other, may have been at the same place or may have just crossed paths and it s ended up in a violent encounter - we want those to stop, Acting Inspector Searle said.