A father and son have been charged with aggravated assault after violently assaulting a 14-year-old Aboriginal boy in South Australia on Monday.
The pair were arrested after a sickening video of the teen being verbally and physically attacked was uploaded to Facebook.
Police revealed in a statement the pair were charged with aggravated assault, and bailed to appear in court at a later date.
‘Police will allege that about 11am on Monday 11 December, a 45-year-old Port Augusta man and a 14-year-old Stirling North boy assaulted a teenage boy known to them,’ the statement read.
The victim did not sustain any serious injuries.
In the video, which uploaded by the victim’s aunty, he was chased down and thrown to the ground by the brother of a girl he allegedly spat on, while her father yelled threats.
The slender teenager first faced a series of shoves from the son, with the father threatening to ‘smash his f***ing face in’ if he retaliated.
‘Tell him to leave me alone then,’ the defenseless teen yells while being thrust backwards in a choke hold.
‘Nah you deserve what you get mate,’ the father says.
After being smashed into a concrete wall and thrown to the ground at the hands of the son, the father then demands the boy to apologise ‘for spitting on his daughter’.
The son continues to throw punches into the sides of the victim, who can be heard repeatedly screaming, ‘I’m sorry’.
An Aboriginal teenager has been filmed being violently attacked by a father and son in Port Augusta
The boy was chased down and assaulted after he allegedly spat on on the father’s daughter
As the son continues to unleash his aggressive wrath, the father halts the attack momentarily to direct the victim onto his knees.
‘Who else are you sorry to? Sorry to my daughter? To his mum? You better f***ing mean it,’ he bellows while standing above him.
‘You know what’s going to happen to your f***ing famliy if I ever hear you say anything again, you know what’s going to f****ing happen?
‘I’m going to come to your f***ing house mate and it’s going to be f***ing hell, you got it?’.’
The slender teenager first faces a series of shoves from the son, with the father threatening to ‘smash his f***ing face in’ if he retaliates
The son shoves the defenseless boy onto the bitumen as the father continues yelling threats.
‘Look at me in the f***ing eye, you f***in got it?,’ he howls while removing sunglasses from his eyes.
‘You spit on my daughter again, I’m gonna f***in cave your head in, you got it c***, yeah?.’
Finally released from the son’s grip, the teen leaps to his feet and walks away swiftly as the father continues hurling threats in his direction.
Finally released from the son’s grip, the teen leaps to his feet and walks away swiftly as the father continues hurling threats in his direction
The assault was reported to police and the son has been arrested, with police working to track down the father, Welcome To Country reports.
Locals allegedly recognised the man’s work uniform and have made complaints to his employer.