Dean Street attack victim celebrating son's birth when punched, kicked

The victim of the May 8 attack, near City Walk Arcade, said he had only just gotten out of a taxi with a friend when the pair were set upon without warning.

Saturday will mark eight weeks since the ordeal, and the man says he is still suffering.

He was knocked out, suffered a fractured cheekbone and shoulder damage, and can't remember exactly what occurred.

His friend was also rendered unconscious.

"I was knocked clean out," he said on Friday.

"I'm probably lucky I got away with what happened.

"It only takes one hit, you can hit your head on concrete and not wake up."

His son was born three days before the incident.

The man's partner has been left distraught and the man was forced to take a month off work.

His injuries have impacted his job as a plasterer.

Mason Richards, 20, was arrested by police on Thursday after CCTV images were released from the scene.

Richards' friend was also allegedly involved and is believed to still be at large.

The new father said he had walked past the pair and was told he was hit in the back of the head.

"By the time I turned around, I was already laid out on the ground," he said.

"They jumped on my head a couple of times.

"They fractured my cheek bone in three places.

"It happened for no reason.

"It's just disgusting."

The man said he had gotten out of a taxi, walked five metres, "and that was it".

He realised in the morning he had a shoe mark on his head.

Prosecutor Andrew Coombes opposed Richards' release in Albury Local Court on Friday, noting there had been "multiple strikes to the head amongst other things", including kicking.

"In my submission these are serious examples of assault occasioning actual bodily harm in company," he told magistrate Richard Funston.

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The court heard it was a prolonged assault fuelled by alcohol.

"(My concern) is that the accused will continue to put members of the community at risk by this sort of behaviour," Sergeant Coombes said.

The alleged attack occurred between 12.20am and 1.20am.

Richards was supported in court by family members.

Lawyer Sascha McCorriston urged Mr Funston to release her client.

"They are very serious allegations, but he is a young man, there are prospects of rehabilitation and I am asking the court to give him the opportunity of bail," she said.

Mr Funston said the 20-year-old was facing the prospect of jail if the charges were proven.

"The allegations against you Mr Richards are very serious ... a vicious unprovoked bashing of people," he said.

The magistrate noted the victims were "just walking past" and labelled it "extraordinary behaviour".

"You are facing a jail sentence on these matters," Mr Funston said.

Mr Funston bailed Richards to live with his mother at her Parkland Crescent home.

He is banned from drinking, taking drugs, entering pubs, and has a curfew.

"If you breach any of them, you won't be getting another bail before me," the magistrate said of the conditions.

Richards faces charges of assaulting the new father, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm while in the company of the other alleged attacker.

He allegedly assaulted the other victim, causing actual bodily harm.

The matter will return on July 19.

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