Clancy Webber in court on reckless grievous bodily harm charge
One of two teenagers charged after a man was found unconscious near a Coffs Harbour hotel sat quietly at the back of the courtroom as the matter was mentioned.
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A teenager charged after a man was found unconscious on a footpath near a Coffs Harbour hotel will remain on bail.
Clancy Webber, 18, faced Coffs Harbour Local Court on July 20, when the matter was listed for mention.
Webber is charged with reckless grievous bodily harm and a plea of not guilty has been entered.
Magistrate Julia Virgo listed the matter to return to court on September 27, when Webber is not required to attend as long as he is legally represented.
Bail was continued without variation.
The conditions of Webber’s bail include that he must live at a specified Coffs Harbour address and that he is not to go near, or contact or try to go near or contact (except through a legal representative), any prosecution witness.
Further, he is not to drink alcohol or take drugs unless those drugs are prescribed by a doctor.
Emergency services were called to a licensed premise on the Pacific Highway at about 2.30am on Sunday, July 3, following reports a man had been assaulted.
Officers from Coffs/Clarence Police District found a 28-year-old unconscious man on a nearby pavement.
He was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being taken to Coffs Harbour Base Hospital, and then flown to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney.
The man sustained a suspected skull fracture and was listed in a critical condition.
A crime scene was established.
Just over an hour later officers were patrolling Shephards Lane when they stopped and arrested an 18-year-old man.
A second teenager has also been charged in the wake of the incident.
A 19-year-old man was arrested at a Bonville address at 12.10pm on Sunday, July 3, and taken to Coffs Harbour Police Station where he was charged with affray.
He was granted conditional bail to appear at Coffs Harbour Local Court on Wednesday, July 27.
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