A 53-YEAR-OLD man has been granted conditional bail after allegedly assaulting four people and a dog at Nambucca Heads.
Police were told about 10.30am on Sunday 1 June, an 87-year-old man was walking along the boardwalk on Riverside Drive, Nambucca Heads, when he was approached by an unknown man who allegedly pushed him in the chest causing him to fall to the ground.
The 87-year-old man sustained an injury to his shoulder and was later taken to Macksville Hospital where he was treated for a broken collarbone.
The man allegedly continued to walk along the boardwalk, before he punched a 28-year-old woman as she jogged by.
The woman sustained an injury to her face and neck.
A short time later the man allegedly approached a 52-year-old woman who was walking with her two dogs.
The man allegedly punched the woman to the face causing a cut to her lip.
The man then allegedly kicked one of her dogs and continued to walk away.
The dog was not injured.
About 11am, a 70-year-old woman was walking towards Gordon Park along Wellington Drive when she was approached by the man who allegedly swiped a coffee tray out of her hand and hit her ear.
Officers attached to Mid North Coast Police District arrived and arrested 53-year-old Michael Smith on Wellington Drive, Nambucca Heads.
He was taken to Nambucca Heads Police Station and charged with two counts of “assault occasioning actual bodily harm”, two counts “common assault” and “commit an act of cruelty upon an animal”.
He was refused bail and appeared before Kempsey Local Court on Monday, 2 June.
After a mental health assessment he returned to court on Tuesday, 3 June and was granted bail.
The conditions of his bail include that he can not enter the boardwalk or go within 100 metres of the area, and that he can not consume alcohol or drugs, unless prescribed by a doctor.
Mr Smith’s matters are listed for mention again on 24 July 2025 at Macksville court house.
