A MAN who assaulted another in a pub four years ago was jailed for three months on Tuesday.
Subcontractor Alex Tay Boon Huat, 33, who pleaded guilty earlier, was also fined $2,400 for having 20 video compact discs containing 12 films without a valid certificate.
He is the last in a group of four, including his sister, to be convicted of causing hurt to Mr Darren Herbert Fleury, 28, at Zzqueeze Pub at Duxton Hill on March 5, 2004.
A district court heard that an argument broke out between two men from the accused's group that night.
When Mr Fleury went over and tried to pull his friend, Jack, who was standing between the two men trying to separate them, Tay told him not to interfere and asked where he was from.
When Mr Fleury replied that he was from a certain secret society, Tay replied that he was from another society.
After punching the victim in the right eye, several others joined in the assault. Tay punched and kicked the victim in the stomach.
Tay, who has previous convictions for obscene films, drug consumption, housebreaking and drink driving, could have been jailed for up to one year and fined up to $1,000 for the offence.
