Brad Cameron Smith sentenced in Southport Magistrates Court after coward punch attack

Video has shown the sickening moment a man collapsed to the ground after he was coward punched beside a Gold Coast light rail station. WARNING: DISTRESSING

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A MAN was knocked out from behind and then dragged from the road in a horrifying one-punch attack in Southport.

Brad Cameron Smith pleaded guilty in Southport Magistrates Court on Friday to assault occasioning bodily harm and a string of other charges.

On March 4, he snuck up on a man and coward hit him near the Southport South light rail station.

Smith told the court the victim had earlier abused him and a group of friends and spat in his girlfriend’s face.

The girlfriend did not make a complaint to the police.

The attack was captured on CCTV and shows the victim dropping to the road, unconscious, as his attacker walked off.

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Brad Smith has been jailed after a sickening one-punch attack in Southport on May 4.

Smith then returned and dragged him to the footpath before walking off again.

His victim was unconscious for some time before being taken by paramedics to hospital.

Smith was arrested the following day.

Smith was sentenced to 15 months’ jail, suspended after he served four months. He has already served 85 days in custody.

Smith drags the victim to the footpath.

Outside of court, Smith’s solicitor Nicole Conlan, of Howden Saggers Lawyers, told the Bulletin: “Mr Smith has expressed his remorse for his actions demonstrated in his apology within the documents tendered to the court.

“Mr Smith has indicated that he intends to use his time in custody positively to work on his rehabilitation and to continue once released in the community, to become a contributing member to society.”

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