48-year-old man found in parked car with injured buttocks near Australia Fair, Southport

A man has declined to make a complaint to police after he was hospitalised on the Gold Coast with injured buttocks.

Man found in Southport car park with injured buttocks. Picture: Archive.

A man who was found with injured buttocks in a parked car near a major Gold Coast shopping centre has declined to make a complaint to police.

Paramedics were called to reports of an alleged assault near Australia Fair shopping centre in Southport about 4am on Tuesday.

According to a Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman, the 48-year-old male had a “minor” injury and was assessed by paramedics before being taken to Gold Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.

Police were in the process of making inquiries as to what had occurred.

“(The) man sustained a non-life threatening injury to his buttocks while in a car parked on Marine Parade” a Queensland Police Service spokeswoman told the Bulletin.

“He has indicated to police he does not want to make a complaint.”

Officers have filed a report on the incident.

Originally published as 48-year-old man found in parked car with injured buttocks near Australia Fair, Southport