A 15-year-old boy has been charged with Criminal Code Assault after a 17-year-old boy was left with significant injuries to his face during an incident at Wynyard.
Police were called to a disturbance involving four teenagers in Inglis Street, Wynyard about 12.20am on Sunday 29 December.
During an altercation between the youths – two aged 17, and two aged 15 – the 17-year-old victim suffered head injuries and was later transported to the North West Regional Hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.
A 15-year-old boy presented to Burnie Police Station on Thursday 2 January and has since been charged over the assault.
He will appear in the youth justice division of the Burnie Magistrates Court at a later date.
All four youths involved were known to each other.
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