Justin Gary George and Kane George Gage face Mackay court for drunken mischief

A Mackay man who punched a kind stranger who had lent him his iPhone charger asked the court if a pub ban includes going out for a feed. See who else faced justice for a late-night ruckus.

A Mackay man who punched a kind stranger who had lent him his iPhone charger asked the court if a pub ban includes going out for a feed. See who else faced justice for a late-night ruckus.

A magistrate said the people of Mackay were “sick and tired” of alcohol-fuelled mischief as he banned two men from the Safe Night Precinct for separate nights of drunken misbehaviour.

One man was caught by police multiple times after they had banned him from central Mackay and another man punched a pub patron after they had lent him their phone charger.

Kane George Gage faced Mackay Magistrates court on Monday to plead guilty to charges of public nuisance and failure to appear.

Sgt McKenzie said Gage had punched another man after borrowing the man’s Apple iPhone charger at the entrance of McGuires Hotel.

“(Gage) became agitated and struck the person on the side of the head, causing the ear to split,” Sgt McKenzie said.

“(When police intercepted him) the defendant stated the informant ‘threw hands’ (but also had) the iPhone charger in his possession.”

Mr Dwyer set a fine of $600 and banned Gage from the Mackay Safe Night Precinct until April 14, but when he asked Gage how he would like to respond the man simply said “I love a beer”.

“You love - I’m not stopping you from having a beer, I just want you to behave yourself,” Mr Dwyer retorted.

“The people of Mackay, the people of Queensland, everyone is sick and tired of the gratuitous violence in the streets.

“Now when you’ve learned to behave yourself you can come back.

“Until then, you stay out or you run the risk of 12 months jail.”

Gage then asked whether he could still go “for a pub feed”, to which Mr Dwyer succinctly responded “No”.

Justin Gary George was given a police ban notice just after 2am on December 31, but decided the authorities would not slow the roll of his New Year’s Eve revelry.

Police prosecutor Sergeant Greg McKenzie said officers gave George the notice for “disorderly conduct” in front of Confessions and Rabbit Hole Nightclub.

“The boundary of the Mackay Safe Night Precinct was fully explained to him (but) only a short time later… police were called to the front of Night Owl convenience store (again) involved in a verbal stoush with security staff,” Sgt McKenzie said.

“(George) was seen to wander off along Victoria St towards Canelands … some time later the police observed the defendant and a male person involved in a verbal altercation on Victoria St and Gregory St intersection.

“Once again police were required to intervene before the altercation became physical.”

Sgt McKenzie said George was directed on the shortest route out of the Safe Night Precinct before he was intercepted “yelling obscenities” on his way to the Wood St taxi rank and finally arrested.

Magistrate Damien Dwyer fined George $500 dollars for contravening the police notice and did not record convictions.