CCTV captures vicious one-punch attack
RAW VISION: A man has been charged after a one-punch attack on Pitt Street in Sydney's CBD on Saturday morning. Vision: Nine News.
A 41-year-old man has been charged after an alleged assault on two men in Sydney's CBD on Saturday morning.
Police were called to the scene at a McDonald's restaurant on the corner of Pitt and Park Streets about 12.30am.
CCTV vision of the incident shows a man approaching the corner, carrying a takeaway food bag, before he is knocked to the ground by a punch thrown by another man standing behind the wall.
CCTV shows a man after he was punched to the ground in an attack in Sydney's CBD. Photo: 7News
It is understood the victim, a 38-year-old male, had been involved in a verbal altercation with the man who allegedly threw the punch, a 41-year-old male, in McDonald's prior to the incident.
Security vision then shows the alleged perpetrator continuing to punch the 38-year-old male, while he lies motionless on the ground, before two men run to his aid, both of whom are understood to be friends of the victim.
One of the men, a 57-year-old male, was also assaulted, and is seen falling to the ground in the video. He was not injured.
NSW Ambulance Paradmedics arrived on the scene, taking the 38-year-old male to St Vincent's Hospital for treatment for head injuries.
The 41-year-old man was arrested a short time later, near to where the incident took place, and was taken to Day Street Police Station in Surry Hills.
He has been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and assault.
He has been granted strict conditional bail and is due to appear at Downing Centre Local Court on Wednesday March 23.