SYDNEY : A 25-year-old man has been charged with assault after an attack on a linesman in a lower league match in southwest Sydney at the weekend left the official with a broken jaw and several missing teeth. Khodr Yaghi, 45, was taken to hospital after being punched repeatedly in the face and kicked in t
SYDNEY : A 25-year-old man has been charged with assault after an attack on a linesman in a lower league match in southwest Sydney at the weekend left the official with a broken jaw and several missing teeth.
After video of the assault was widely shared on social media, the 25-year-old man, who Bankstown district football authorities said was allegedly a suspended player, was arrested at a police station on Sunday. He was charged with wounding a person with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and affray, it added.
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