A Griffith man has been convicted of assault after he allegedly king hit a fellow employee following their shifts at a local winery.
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Facing Griffith Local Court on Wednesday the man pleaded not guilty to the offence but was convicted, fined $500 and given a three-year good behaviour bond.
The attacker and his victim were both employed at the Griffith winery, with the victim later telling police they had not got along since he started, just two weeks prior to the assault.
Arriving at work on Monday, October 24 the victim was making his way towards the factory section of the winery when he heard the accused yelling out and offering to fight him, according to police facts.
A supervisor, also working in the winery heard this and had the pair in a meeting to discuss the issue.
However, it didn’t help to resolve their differences which escalated into violence that same afternoon.
Walking out of the winery at 3.30 the victim saw his attacker getting out of his car, appearing angry he again offered to fight him.
Declining once again the victim told the man “[w]e are not 28-year-olds anymore.”
His response didn’t appease his attacker however, who slapped his mobile phone out of his hand.
As the victim bent to retrieve the phone, which fortunately hadn’t been damaged, he felt a sharp blow to the back of his head.
The impact of the blow forced him to the ground where he was unconscious for a number of seconds.
As he lay on the ground the attacker got into his car and drove away.
Lying there for several minutes more a director of the winery eventually called police and an ambulance which took the victim to Griffith Base Hospital.
The attacker voluntarily visited Griffith Police Station two days after the incident, admitting to hitting his victim’s phone out of his hands.
He said the man had been filming and taking photos of him and his car. He then told police he had slapped his victim across the face – insisting it had not been a king hit as it was never something he would do.