Security guard dies and charge laid after alleged punch to head outside Sydney pub

Police said the guard was allegedly punched by a patron who had been asked to leave the venue.

A security guard has died after he was allegedly punched in the head during an altercation at a hotel in Sydney’s south, and a man was charged with assault occasioning death.

Emergency services were called to a licensed premises on East Parade in Sutherland about 2am on Sunday.

Officers found a man, believed to be aged in his 30s, unconscious outside the hotel.

They performed CPR before the man was treated by paramedics, but he died at the scene.

The man has not been formally identified.

A crime scene was established, and an investigation has begun.

Police were told the security guard was allegedly punched in the head by a patron after an altercation.

“It’s alleged the patron had been requested to leave the hotel prior to the assault,” NSW police said in a statement on Sunday.

A 31-year-old man has since been arrested and taken to Sutherland police station, where he was charged with assault occasioning death.

He is due to appear before Sutherland local court on Monday morning.