Justice for Matty

A few months ago, a young man was assaulted by a Security Guard outside a Hobart Night Club, Syrup. Matty was in a coma for several long weeks and on that fateful night, almost lost his life due to the violence of another, a Security Guard, who is their to protect people, who is trained to restrain people, not viciously assault them! It is with such sadness that we announce that Matt's prognosis of recovery has not been a good one. Matt still remains in hospital, months on, requiring 24 hour care and is not likely to get much better, if at all.

The outcome of this assault on a fit healthy young man with a young family, a young daughter, has been that he will now need 24 hour care for the rest of his life.

Mathew is partly paralyzed down the left side of his body, Mathew can not sit up without support, Mathew can not get out of bed, Mathew is fed with a feeding tube, Mathew has to have a special Wheel chair made for him so he can at least sit up out of Bed. Who's going to pay for that and for Matty's ongoing care for the rest of his life? We found out this morning that THE POLICE & HOBART CIB ARE NOT LAYING CHARGES on the man responsible for this dreadful crime and he is still out there on the streets free to commit this sort of crime again and destroy another life.

Thankfully, a young lady on that night called for an ambulance, as the Security Guards DID NOT whilst Matty lay unconscious on the ground in a pool of his own blood. Hardly self defence?

If this happened anywhere else in Australia, charges would have been laid the first few days. It is our responsibility as the residents of Hobart to ensure justice is served which hopefully will prevent such assaults in the future. Enough is enough. SO many lives ruined by acts of violence. Matty and his family need justice. How anyone can do this much harm to another human being and then simply be free to do it again, without so much as a charge laid against him is a disgrace and a real concern for Hobart residents.

I ask everyone here to please get behind Matt and his family and sign this petition for something to be done! For charges to be laid! Matty's life and his families lives are ruined forever due to another cowardly act of violence. We need to stand up and make a change and ensure that the person responsible pays for their crime!

We ask for your help. You can also support Matty and his family on their Face Book Page Wake Up Gunna - Matthew We All Love You! You can also contact me personally if you wish to make a donation for Matty's ongoing care. Bek - thorpe5@hotmail.com