CCTV captures Coolangatta retail worker violently bashed by teenagers on busy street

A Gold Coast retail manager has been hospitalised in a violent attack by youth criminals. SEE THE VIDEO

A Coolangatta retailer worker was bashed and had his head stomped into the pavement by a group of teens who attacked him like “a pack of hyenas”.

Concrete Lines Skate Store manager Les Graue said the teenagers were yelling and swearing outside his shop in the Strand arcade on Monday evening when he confronted them.

“I just said ‘guys cut it out’ and they were like, ‘What you gonna do c***,” Mr Graue said.

“He (a teen) got in my face so I’ve pushed him back. Then the punches started flying.”

Coolangatta retail worker hospitalised in teen bashing. Picture: Supplied

CCTV from inside the store captures the violent bashing as the retail manager is repeatedly punched and knocked to the ground. He is kicked at least four times while he’s down, before one of the teens appears to stomp his head into the footpath.

“I was concussed after that. They were just like a pack of hyenas,” he said.

Police and emergency services arrived at the store within 20 minutes but the teens were long gone. Mr Graue was taken to hospital afterwards.

A spokeswoman for the Queensland Police Service said the incident was under investigation and no arrests have been made.

But Mr Graue said this incident was not isolated and that Coolangatta was suffering a surge in youth crime.

“They come here terrorising the centre, throwing food and objects over the third floor down at customers” he said.

“Recently they turned all of the water hoses on and flooded Woolworths, it destroyed all of their fridges and airconditioning.

“They did the same thing at a college down the road.”

On Saturday night Mr Graue said a young boy was bashed by teenagers on Griffith Street outside Subway. He said they stole his Nike shoes.

The escalation in violence and crime at the hands of juvenile criminals is hurting businesses and driving customers away according to the skate shop manager.

Manager Les Graue as he’s kicked in the stomach. Picture: Supplied

The Coolangatta retail worker on the ground as he is set upon and kicked in the head. Picture: Supplied

Currumbin MP Laura Gerber said the footage of the bashing was “shocking” and believed her community were no longer feeling safe.

“I am speaking to police in our community and they are working as hard as they can,” she said.

“Coolangatta is being hijacked by youth crime because the Labor government made a decision nine years ago to water down the laws.”