Refugee basher sentenced to nine years jail

NSW Police have released CCTV footage of a refugee being brutally bashed only five days after he arrived in Australia.

Timothy Williams was today sentenced to nine years jail over the attack that occurred outside Wollongong train station, south of Sydney, last October.

The vision shows 26-year-old Williams knocking the unidentified man to the ground with a single punch.

Williams then continues to hit and hold the victim in a headlock as he tries desperately to flee his attacker.

It is not known what provoked the attack, which left the refugee with several injuries.

Illawarra resident Williams was sentenced to nine years jail, with a non-parole period of six years.

Williams' associate in the attack - a 28-year-old woman - will be sentenced tomorrow.

Source: Nine News
Author: Chloe Ross, Approving editor: Martin Zavan