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Police are appealing for public assistance after a man sustained critical head injuries in an alleged assault on Thursday.

Jesse Leilan MacKenzie, 29, was one of three men charged with assault and affray over a shocking brawl caught on camera in Sydney on Saturday night where two 16-year-old girls were injured.

"It was about 2 o'clock in the morning, I was laying in my bed, I was just like dead to the world," the first victim said. The young woman woke when she felt a slight tug on her hair, but brushed it off and tried to go back to sleep. "I was half awake, half asleep when the second time I felt a harder tug and a crawling sensation down my neck." Thinking it was just a spider, the girl woke up and turned on the light. "I've gotten up and he was kneeling beside my bed with half of his pants down," she said.

Water police have joined in searches in the southern parts of the Sunshine Coast for a man described as “violent and dangerous” and potentially still armed with a machete.

"We allege that in his position as a project manager over the last 12 month period, he received $70,000 worth of product and subcontractor work at his own private premises, which he wasn't entitled to," Detective Senior Sergeant Edwards said. He said the alleged offence was reported to police after company audits. "At this stage (the charge) is fraud, with a circumstance of aggravation due to the nature of the amount," he said. "We allege it's over $70,000 worth of product and labour being used. Vantage Building Group have been responsible for constructing some of the region's high profi...