A 27-year-old has been charged after a firecracker was allegedly thrown onto the stage of a Shannon Noll performance last month on the Mid North Coast.
The band was playing at a licensed club on Sportsman Way in South West Rocks last Friday night, when the lit firecracker was thrown onto the stage.
The keyboardist in the band attempted to extinguish the wick with his foot, but the ‘bunger’ exploded, burning a hole in his shoe.
He was treated at the scene with superficial burns to his foot before being taken to Kempsey District Hospital for further treatment.
Police subsequently charged a 27-year-old man with affray, and negligently handling an explosive.
He will appear in Kempsey Local Court in September.
