Bondi Rescue star and Westfield stabbing hero assaults woman in ‘fit of alcoholic rage’ – as he learns his fate in court

A Bondi Rescue star has avoided conviction for putting his hand on a woman’s neck ‘in a fit of alcoholic rage’.

Lifeguard Andrew ‘Reidy’ Reid, 45, faced Hornsby Local Court on Tuesday after pleading not guilty to two charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and one charge of common assault.

According to the NCA Newswire, Magistrate Daniel Reiss dismissed both charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

However, he was found guilty of pushing a woman’s neck for five seconds in an “aggressive act amounting to a common assault” without being convicted.

It was also found that Mr Reid had made a ‘fairly clear admission of assault’ during a counseling session and had acknowledged that he had acted inappropriately.

The charges related to three alleged assaults took place in Chatswood in November 2022 and January this year Sydney‘s north coast.

Prosecutors had alleged that Mr. Reid bit a woman’s arm, put his hands on her throat and threw a phone at her with such force that it cut open her leg in such a way that surgical glue was needed to remove it. cured.

The woman, who is listed as a protected person under a domestic violence arrest warrant against Mr. Reid,

Mr Reid was given a 12-month good behavior fine after being found guilty of pushing the woman’s neck for five seconds.

He will also remain subject to a two-year violence arrest warrant issued in the woman’s name.

Mr Reid has been known as a star of Bondi Rescue since the popular series first aired in 2006.

He has been patrolling the iconic beach for more than twenty years.

Earlier this year, lifeguards rushed to the aid of injured victims stabbed by Joel Cauchi during the deadly Westfield Bondi Junction rampage that claimed six lives.

He was shopping for a new bed in Myer when a frantic store worker told him that ‘people are being stabbed’ and ‘the building is being evacuated’.

Mr Reid was locked behind a security door before convincing a security guard to let him slip under the door to help a woman who was bleeding.

“There was a lady… and there was blood everywhere,” he told Nine News at the time.

“I realized I had to help, because that’s what we as lifeguards are trained to do.”

He and two other members of the public administered first aid to the woman, along with police officers.

“I’ve never seen so much blood… we were just looking for wounds and trying to stop the bleeding,” he added.

“When I looked up there were multiple victims about 50 yards apart. The lady next to us was in very bad shape; there were others who were working on her.’

After Mr. Reid helped stabilize the woman, he continued to walk around the mall to help others.

‘I saw that the police needed help with the other lady, so I started giving her compressions. “I don’t think she made it,” he said.

‘Then I went to help the next victim and saw an empty stroller. I have three young children and but oh my God.’

Although Mr Reid is no stranger to life and death situations, he admitted he had never experienced anything so traumatic.

“After 20 years of working on the beach, I’ve seen some pretty ugly things, but nothing like this,” he added.