Man on bail charged over random shopping centre attack in Williamstown
Police allege the attack was unprovoked as crime features in election campaigning
Sean McLachlan, 40, who is on bail, has been charged after allegedly assaulting a 63-year-old man at a shopping centre in Williamstown, in Melbourne’s south-west. Police allege the attack was unprovoked and the victim was not known to McLachlan, who was restrained by members of the public and an off-duty police officer.