90-year-old assaulted outside Adelaide hospital

A man has been charged over the alleged assault of three people in a north-eastern hospital carpark, including a 90-year-old man who received facial injuries.

May 28, 2024, updated May 19, 2025
Three people including a 90 year old man were allegedly assaulted in a Modbury Hospital car park. Photo: InDaily
Three people including a 90 year old man were allegedly assaulted in a Modbury Hospital car park. Photo: InDaily

Police were called to Modbury Hospital around 5:30 pm on May 28 after reports a man had assaulted two people in the carpark.

A 90-year-old man was treated at the hospital for facial injuries after the theft of wallets and a handbag.

A security guard was also assaulted after attempting to stop the alleged offender, who left the scene.

Police later went to a Ridgehaven home and arrested a 36-year-old man.

He was charged with two counts of robbery, two counts of assault causing harm, theft and assault.

The man was refused bail and will appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court today.

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