Jan 9, 2016
I heard the crack, and that's what got me to turn around, and I saw him as he fell ... He was completely unconscious, unresponsive, his eyes weren't moving, hands weren't moving, and cold.
Bec Hunter describing the immediate aftermath of a one-punch attack in Canberra in the early hours of New Year’s Day.
In the first two weeks of 2016, three people across Australia were the victims of these types of attacks. One of them, 18-year-old Cole Miller, later died in hospital in Brisbane.
The victim in Canberra had surgery to his jaw and is recovering at home. The third, a 36-year-old woman from the outback Queensland town of Mount Isa, also suffered serious injuries.
