Yesterday The Cairns Post met Glenn at his home in a suburb of Cairns. Glenn contacted The Cairns Post after he was assaulted on a SunBus while he was travelling with his partner and seven month old baby boy. Glenn was punched from behind and suffered a severe gash to his upper cheek that required eight stitches. Glenn's doctor told him that he will be permanently scarred for life. Glenn is a softly spoken man in his late thirties and as he smoked a cigarette out the front of his house he recalled the fear that he had for the safety of his partner and his baby.
©Sean Davey/The Cairns Post
After Glenn was punched from behind, he was then held back by two other men as a third kept assaulting him, all in full view of the other passengers on the bus. The cut on Glenn's cheek was bleeding profusely as he tried to defend himself.
The police were called by the bus driver and two men were taken into custody, however the police did not call an ambulance for Glenn. With his partner and baby, Glenn had to get back on the bus, using only tissues given to him by another passenger to cover his face, and was forced to sit amongst friends of his attackers for the duration of the normal bus service. The bus picked up other passengers, even though blood from Glenn's wound was smeared over the floor and seats of the bus.
©Sean Davey/The Cairns Post
Three days after the assault, Glenn has not yet been contacted by the police.
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