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A gorilla was filmed in a Wellington bar trampling on a man’s head as he lay on the ground bleeding.
The images, circulating on social media, also show a tall patio-style heater falling on the man while he is lying on the ground, hitting him and bystanders.
However, the video does not clearly show if the heater was pressed.
Other security personnel can be seen restraining the doorman in the video, while passersby try to help the man on the ground.
A Wellington Free Ambulance spokesperson said a man was taken to Wellington Hospital in moderate condition following the incident around 1 am outside the Boston on Blair bar on Blair St, downtown.
A police spokeswoman confirmed that the incident was being investigated.
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Boston on Blair bar manager Jordan Mills said police had ordered him not to comment on the incident until the investigation was completed.
Onlooker Kate Te Tau was hit by the fall of the heater, which split her lip and required four stitches.
Te Tau posted videos of the incident online, which were taken by a friend, and said she was “shocked and disgusted” by what she witnessed.
“I don’t know the guy at all, I’m not sure what happened in the beginning, but the gorillas were definitely abusing their role. This is not how you train a goalkeeper to deal with the situation. “
Te Tau said she was disappointed by the response from the staff that night, who say they did not offer her medical attention. He finally took a taxi to the hospital for treatment.
She understood that the man on the ground may have assaulted the doorman earlier.
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Police are investigating two recent robberies in the central city. (File photo)
“Even if that happened, it didn’t justify that kind of behavior,” he said.
The incident followed another the previous weekend, February 20, when a fight broke out inside the bar.
It comes amid concerns about rising crime and disorder in the central city, with several hospitality workers saying the situation is the worst they have seen in 20 years.
Early Saturday morning, a man who Things understands that he is a member of the Rebels MC gang, he was seriously assaulted by a man who is also believed to be a member of a gang, in Courtenay Pl, outside of McDonalds, around 2.45 am
Later that day, police appealed for witnesses and anyone with video footage or of the incident.
On February 13, Simon Strickland was seriously assaulted on Cable St, outside of Te Papa.
Four days later, the life support of the 58-year-old Lower Hutt man was disconnected and a murder investigation was launched.
A 28-year-old man has been charged with wounding with intent to wound and is due to reappear in Wellington District Court on March 22. Police have not ruled out further charges.
