Michael Numdi granted bail in Toowoomba Magistrates Court over alleged pub assault

A 49-year-old is accused with another man of assaulting a 26-year-old man in a pub fight. That man’s condition was updated to the court.

One of two men charged with causing grievous bodily harm to another man in an alleged pub fight has been granted bail.

Michael Numdi, 49, and Michael Moses, 31, allegedly became involved in an altercation with 26-year-old Mike Katui at the Royal Hotel in Gatton on the night of September 3.

The two accused had been held in custody since their arrest days after the alleged event with Mr Moses refused bail while Mr Numdi made no application for bail until Monday, October 9.

He was not required to be in Toowoomba Magistrates Court on Monday when his solicitor Brad Skuse, of Skuse Graham Criminal Lawyers, applied for bail on his behalf.

Police prosecutor Bettina Trenear told the court police opposed bail.

Mike Katui, 26, was recovering and out of a coma but remained in hospital after sustaining head injuries in an alleged hotel fight in Gatton.

Ms Trenear said Mr Katui had been rushed to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane where he was placed in an induced coma and had surgery for swelling on the brain allegedly arising from his injuries.

His condition initially was considered critical, however, Mr Katui was now out of the coma and recovering but remained in hospital with no timeline for his recovery known, she said.

Ms Trenear said one of the groups involved in the altercation originated from Samoa while the other group was from PNG but the members of each group were not known to each other.

Mr Skuse said his client and his wife had been in Australia for four years and they lived in Gatton and both worked at nearby meatworks.

The others involved worked at another meatworks, he said.

The Royal Hotel in Gatton was the scene of the alleged altercation.

Mr Numdi has not as yet been required to enter any pleas to his charges which include one count each of grievous bodily harm and assault occasioning bodily harm in company and two counts of common assault.

Magistrate Kyna Morice granted Mr Numdi bail with strict conditions including not attending any licensed premises, residing at the Gatton address given to the court, surrendering his passport and not attending any airport terminal, reporting to Gatton police twice a week and having no contact with the complainant or witnesses.

Ms Morice adjourned Mr Numdi’s matters for mention in the same court on November 7 to link up with the next mention of Mr Moses’ matters.