Police have charged a man following several violent incidents in the city.

About 2.40am, (Saturday 30 November 2013), a 47-year-old man was seated in the driver’s seat of a black BMW sedan on the corner of Sussex and Slip Streets, Sydney. A man approached the vehicle pushing the driver into the passenger seat and attempted to start the BMW. Security officers from a nearby hotel intervened and pulled the intruder from the car but he was able to run away.

The man then entered a licensed venue on Lime Street. When he attempted to leave through the front door, the man allegedly assaulted a security guard in an unprovoked attack. Several other security officers tackled the man a short distance away and restrained him.

Police from Sydney City Local Area Command arrived a short time later. The man, who had suffered a head injury, was treated at the scene and taken to St Vincent’s Hospital under police guard.

This afternoon, the 39-year-old man was released from hospital into the custody of police. He was subsequently charged with carjacking, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and common assault.

Source: NSW Police News