Man assisting police with ‘coward punch’ enquiry

A Braddon man aged in his 20s is now assisting police with their enquiries into a ‘coward punch’ assault that occurred in Civic in the early hours of New Year’s Day (Friday 1 January).

This afternoon the man handed himself in at City Police Station and is now assisting police with their investigations.

Police would like to thank the community and media for their assistance in swiftly providing information regarding the identity of the two men involved in the disturbance with the victim, pictured in CCTV.

ACT Policing investigations are continuing.

Police are urging anyone who may have witnessed the incident and have not yet spoken with police to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, or via act.crimestoppers.com.au. Please quote reference 5904176. Information can be provided anonymously. We remind people they should not report crime information via our Facebook and Twitter pages.