{"id":773154,"date":"2026-07-02T00:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T00:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/773154\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T00:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T00:28:10","slug":"sydney-british-man-injures-1-year-old-daughter-with-screw-to-get-free-meal-at-chinese-restaurant-mr-wong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/773154\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney: British man injures 1-year-old daughter with screw to get free meal at Chinese restaurant Mr Wong"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man has been charged after he allegedly injured his baby in attempt to get a free meal at a well-known restaurant.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old British man visited Mr Wong in Sydney, a Cantonese restaurant, on June 21 about 3.30pm with his one-year-old daughter.<\/p>\n

He allegedly injured his child in order to make her cry and get a free meal.<\/p>\n

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The man reportedly complained to staff and demanded a refund of his $97 bill, which was wiped.<\/p>\n

After he left, staff at the restaurant contacted police, who interviewed workers and combed CCTV footage.<\/p>\n

\u201cPolice will allege in court the man removed a screw from the chair and pressed it into the child\u2019s leg, causing her to cry,\u201d a police spokesperson told the Daily Telegraph<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the man was arrested at a caravan park in Narabeen in the Northern Beaches.<\/p>\n

He was charged with domestic violence-related common assault and dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage by deception.<\/p>\n

Police said the man was part of a group often referred to as \u201ctravellers\u201d: visitors from the UK who travel around Australia in caravans.<\/p>\n

The man is known to have used several aliases in the past.<\/p>\n

He is due to face court on July 15.<\/p>\n

Mr Wong was unable to comment on the incident as the matter is before the court.<\/p>\n

If you or someone you know is experiencing family violence, phone 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) or the Crisis Care Helpline on 1800 199 008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man has been charged after he allegedly injured his baby in attempt to get a free meal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":773155,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44,2733],"class_list":["post-773154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news","tag-nsw"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}