Assault on dancefloor

A GOLD Coast man who punched a DJ at a warehouse party because he was being “ridiculed” has walked away from court with a $1500 fine but no conviction.

Joshua Dean Pukallus was also ordered to pay $1000 in compensation to his victim.

Pukallus, 22, pleaded guilty in Southport Magistrates Court yesterday to one count of assault occasioning bodily harm.

Police prosecutor Constable Lewis Butterfield said the victim was on the dancefloor at a warehouse party in Burleigh about 10.30pm on January 27 this year when he was punched on the nose.