on the 23rd of September 2023 41-year-old Dwayne hermia was involved in a fight in surfus Paradise Gold Coast Queensland claiming he was acting in self-defense to protect himself and his partner hermiah was punched in the face by an unknown man in what he described as an unprovoked attack on Orchid Avenue the incident which occurred around 9:30 p.m. was captured on CCTV the footage shows the male approaching hermiah striking him across the face and then walking into a convenience store hermiah and his partner are seen following the maale inside where a scuffle breaks out seconds later police officers are seen entering the store to intervene I'm good I'm I'm coming on my stomach that's fine me I just I was just trying to get get around turn around put your hands behind your back SEC get in it was him it was him he [Applause] we got this brother it's not him it's it's not him it's the other person he we're going to review everything on the camera man but right now he's under arrest for PS my going to get up on your bu herah was subsequently led to a police van issued a Banning notice and charged with public nuisance that was wow man I was justu M me right he just coming and swinging and then my M come in I was to do anything oh man so well I saw you swinging buddy that's why I grabbed you yeah I understand that my m is coming and all that's when I started swinging bro I don't care what happens to me all right relax relax so we're just going to pun you in the back of the hand that's cool bro I'm happy with thato have you got your wallet on you oh I don't have a all right just be with me mate so we going to give you a quick search if you just um I'm relaxed I'm relaxed I'm fine bro I'm not going to resist all right come I'm good oh I need a [ __ ] breath I'm glad you boys come in when you said that was ugly man did you get the other fell though though yeah yeah I got him I'm glad cuz I'm guessing that looked pretty bad on my on my they look bad when I went in there R yeah so what started it honestly I have no idea I really don't it was just out of the blue bro I was just going into the store Mr birthday I walked in and just bof and I wasn't going to do anything after that based on your version of events and what some of those banders told to me just getting an infringement notice tonight okay so just listen up this is your I'm I getting infr yes you are oh well for what public new public new okay so mate we got zero tolerance down here for V to any description and also I'm saying when I'm saying that you started the fight you certainly partook in a fight okay and I observe that and it's been seen on CCTV footage okay so you're getting a fine okay it's just a fine there's no point believe that I should deserve that like well mate to be honest I've taken it easy on you so by definition you've committed public nuisance I could have given you the big ticket I'm giving you the little ticket okay intive bro I was only spending myself and my m mate I'm not going to argue I'm cool cool all right okay cool mate so here here go in court his lawyer Nicole Conan argued that there was no case to answer and insisted her client was defending himself and his partner she highlighted that the bodyw warn camera footage supported their version of events corroborated by civilian Witnesses showing that hermiah was the victim of an unprovoked assault magistrate Thompson noted that the alteration appeared to happen almost immediately after the initial assault and that the evidence in its totality did not warrant a conviction consequently the public nuisance charge against Mr hermiah was dismissed and the Queensland Police Service was ordered to pay him $1,500 in costs thanks for watching [Music] [Music]