By NOEL MURPHY
A BREAKWATER man will be charged by summons with allegedly threatening to kill Geelong Mayor Darryn Lyons in an incident at Market Square last Friday.
The man, believed aged in his 40s, was interviewed after presenting himself to Geelong Police Station this week.
Security staff have been deployed at City Hall following the incident.
Geelong Magistrates’ Court issued an intervention order against the alleged offender in relation to Cr Lyons.
Police told the Independent the man was a figure known to police.
“We’re looking at a range of offences from threats to kill or seriously injure, that’s one of the things we’re looking at,” a police officer said.
“We’ll go through the process, the brief has to be authorised for prosecution. Once that happens we’ll issue the summons.”
The man allegedly confronted Cr Lyons while he was selling copies of The Big Issue in a promotional event on Malop St.
The alleged assault against Cr Lyons followed an attack on his Home house nightclub in the city centre last June when three would-be arsonists tried to throw a flaming petrol container through a window.
