A single continuous course of conduct involving an assault that begins inside and continues outside licensed premises constitutes one offence, not two, and a charge covering the whole course of conduct is not bad for duplicity. A crowd controller who uses a 'sleeper hold' to remove a patron may be found to have used excessive force unlawful under s 260 of the Criminal Code (WA), even if there were grounds to remove the patron.
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