A one-punch assault sufferer has been slapped with a hefty invoice 15 months after he needed to be rushed to hospital.
Danny Hodgson has revealed debt collectors served him with a $1006 invoice on Wednesday for an ambulance journey on September 5, 2021.
That was the evening he was struck from behind in a coward’s punch assault at Perth practice station because the 27 12 months outdated was heading house with teammates after celebrating the latest soccer season.
Mr Hodgson took his frustrations to Facebook, posting an image of the invoice he obtained.
“15 months later, two seizures and two ambulance bills later (paid), disabled with permanent brain damage, 0 independence full time care needed,” he wrote within the submit on Wednesday night, “unable to work and unable to receive ANY disability or money while i try my best to recover.
“Where do they think im pulling the money from?”
His mom Nicola, who moved to Perth to assist assist her son however has since returned to the UK, was equally unimpressed when sharing her son’s submit to her personal timeline.
“As if my boy isn’t going through enough!!” she mentioned, “the attacker should be paying this but no he gets 3 square meals a day, a roof over his head. Where is the justice for my boy?”
Mr Hodgson’s attacker was simply 17 years outdated when he struck him with out warning in 2021 earlier than pleading responsible and being sentenced to 3 years and eight months in jail.
Ms Hodgson closed out her submit by urging Western Australia’s Attorney-General John Quigley to intervene.
The debt assortment discover was issued by Baycorp, a nationwide company primarily based in Perth.
“Our skill is in finding a way through the problem, sorting it out and helping people get closure,” claims a press release on Baycorp’s web site.
“In short, as difficult as things might seem, we get things done.”
St John Ambulance is investigating the invoice.
