(Extract from NSW Police Media Archive – Thousands of people brave the weather for Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade 2014) Source: NSW Police News

About 9.20pm (Saturday 1st March 2014), a 15-year-old girl was indecently assaulted on Flinders Street, Surry Hills, as she watched the parade. A 25-year-old man was detained by a nearby security guard who alerted police. The man was arrested and taken to Surry Hills Police Station and charged with aggravated indecent assault.

About 2.25am (Sunday 2nd March 2014), police attended a licensed premises on Oxford Street, Surry Hills, following reports of an assault. A 25-year-old man was treated by Ambulance Paramedics for facial injuries and taken to St Vincent’s Hospital for further treatment. A 23-year-old man was arrested and charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm.