MCG assault: Man charged after nachos thrown at two spectators at AFL Brisbane-Hawthorn preliminary final

Key points

• A 34-year-old Seaford man has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault and one count of throwing a missile after allegedly hurling a plate of nachos at a mother and her eight-year-old son at the MCG. The incident occurred at the end of the AFL preliminary final between Brisbane and Hawthorn on September 19.
• The pair were not physically injured but were left covered in guacamole and salsa.
• The boy's father, Nick, made light of the situation with a joke when he spoke to his son over the phone.