Elderly man seriously injured in alleged assault in Sydney polling booth

A 17-year-old boy has been charged after allegedly assaulting a 79-year-old man at a polling booth in Sydney’s inner west yesterday afternoon.

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00:00A 17-year-old teenager has been charged after allegedly punching a 79-year-old elderly man

00:09here in the Prime Minister's electorate in the inner western suburb of Ashfield.

00:14Now, emergency services were called at around 1 p.m. yesterday afternoon after reports someone

00:20had been assaulted.

00:21And when paramedics arrived, they found and treated the 79-year-old man for serious head

00:27injuries, and he's since been taken to Prince Alfred Hospital.

00:31Now, as for the teenager, he was refused bail.

00:35He was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and he's due to face a children's

00:42court today.

00:44And there was another incident like this earlier in the week.

00:48Yeah, that's right, there was.

00:50This is the second incident this week, and pre-polling has only been open for three days

00:55now.

00:55Now, this second incident happened in the electorate of Bennelong in Sydney's northwest,

01:00where a 30-year-old man started to become aggressive.

01:05Now, police say that he was kicking core flutes and advertising material before going on to

01:11intimidate a number of volunteers, including a 32-year-old female.

01:16Now, thankfully, there were no injuries reported.

01:20As for the man, he was arrested yesterday.

01:22He's been charged with intimidation and is due to face court in June.

01:36You