Security guard Dennis Hecta Tipene Faulkner (right) leaves Southport Courthouse on the Gold Coast. Photo / AAP
Security guard Dennis Hecta Tipene Faulkner (right) leaves Southport Courthouse on the Gold Coast. Photo / AAP
A Sydney man has denied provoking a security guard before being punched and having his jaw broken outside a Gold Coast hotel more than three years ago.
Dennis Hecta Tipene Faulkner is on trial for grievous bodily harm at Southport District Court after Dominic Bienke suffered a broken jaw outside the Grand Chancellor Hotel in Surfers Paradise on February 9, 2014.
The alleged victim's jaw was broken twice after he was punched by Faulkner following a scuffle between the pair, Beinke's brother Patrick, and another guard.
Faulkner pleaded not guilty to the charge as the trial, expected to last three days, began on Monday.
Alleged victim Dominic Beinke showed the aftermath of his injuries on Instagram. Photo / @doomagram Instagram
The court heard Beinke escorted Patrick from a friend's engagement party to the hotel where he was staying with another brother and his partner.
After security let them into the venue, the pair got into an argument with security when they were denied access to the hotel because Patrick not having a key or identification.
Beinke told the court while his brother had got aggressive and demanded to be let into the hotel, he'd attempted to defuse an escalating situation.
CCTV footage played in court showed Beinke and Patrick arguing with Faulkner.
Beinke claimed the guard said he was going to "knock out" the pair.
Further footage outside the hotel showed Patrick and the other guard scuffling on the ground when Faulkner swings a right fist into Beinke's jaw, felling him and leaving him momentarily unconscious.
Faulkner's barrister Chris Rosser said Beinke and his brother had been aggressive when they were denied access to the room, and Beinke pushed his forehead against Faulkner's.
He said Beinke's claims Faulkner had promised to "knock out" the pair was false and the pair had been constantly swearing and abusing the guard.
Dominic Beinke's jaw was broken in two places when he was punched outside the Grand Chancellor Hotel. Photo / AAP
Beinke denied Rosser's claims he'd called Faulkner a "dumb black c***" and told him to "f*** off back to New Zealand".
"I do not agree with that at all," Beinke said.
"I was saying 'I'm not going to fight you'."
Beinke admitted he and his brother were "somewhat" intoxicated at the time but he "knew what was happening".
