BAD IDEA OF THE WEEK: Bar brawls

Police have expressed concern about alcohol-related violence in Dunedin after an alleged assault in the Octagon left a man with a serious head injury, on the same day as a man died as a result of an incident in a central city bar. A Ryan John Court was found unconscious in the toilet area of the Craft Bar in the Octagon early on Sunday and could not be revived. Stephen Anthony Fernyhough, a demolition worker, has been remanded in custody for a week on a charge of assault. Fernyhough is also facing a charge of intentionally damaging a window in a separate incident some time later that morning. The second incident that day - involving five men and a woman - occurred about 8pm at a taxi stand in the Octagon. An altercation took place, during which a 38-year-old sustained a serious head injury after being struck by a bottle. The man was taken to Dunedin hospital where he underwent surgery. His injuries include a fractured skull. If whoever did that is reading this right now, I'm telling you, one Dunedinite to another, it's not on. You need to give yourself up because the police will be coming after you sooner or later. Humankind was getting on just fine before the discovery of alcohol.