Tue 26 Aug 2014 In: New Zealand Daily News View at Wayback View at NDHA
Steven Mawhinney suffered facial injuries An assault charge has been laid over a violent incident at Wellington’s Ivy Bar on Friday night. Bar manager Steven Mawhinney has told GayNZ.com he was punched in the head seven or eight times after he’d asked a group of men to leave the venue. He says they had been abusive to customers after realising they were in a gay bar. A Wellington police spokesman says police were called to the Cuba St venue just after 10.30PM on Friday. He says one person was arrested, and has been charged with assault. The spokesman says police are taking statements from two victims and investigations are continuing.
Credit: GayNZ.com Daily News staff
First published: Tuesday, 26th August 2014 - 4:44pm