A 30-year-old security guard has died after allegedly being punched in the head at a pub in Sydney's south. Police say the alleged assault happened early Sunday morning after a patron was asked to leave following an altercation.
00:00 Laying flowers for a well-known hotel security guard, allegedly killed while doing his job.
00:07 It's massive, it's massive. I've seen a lot of violence here but I've never seen anyone get killed.
00:12 It's there to do with job and I don't think when you go to work you should have anything like that happen and you should be a lot safer than what you are.
00:18 Emergency services were called to the Royal Hotel in Sutherland around 2 o'clock this morning.
00:23 They found a 30-year-old security guard unconscious outside the pub. First responders attempted to resuscitate him but he died at the scene.
00:33 It's just a tragedy all around. For the families involved, the people at the hotel, for emergency services, there is no winners in this situation.
00:40 Witnesses told police the security guard, who was from overseas, was punched in the head by a patron who was asked to leave after an altercation.
00:49 That patron, a 31-year-old man, has been charged with assault occasioning death under the state's coward punch legislation.
00:57 The guy was tanked and he's upset a whole bunch of people. Security blokes tried to shut him down and lost his life from it.
01:05 The manager of the hotel did not wish to speak on camera but says the business is devastated.
01:11 He's handed over CCTV footage from the pub which police say captured the entire incident.
01:17 It is very crucial to our investigation.
01:20 The 31-year-old has been refused bail to face local court tomorrow.
