Rod Culleton recovering at home after altercation outside Perth court
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Version 0 of 1. Senator Rod Culleton is recovering at home after falling when a potential One Nation candidate tried to serve him papers outside a Perth court. Culleton was discharged from the Royal Perth Hospital on Tuesday afternoon after an x-ray cleared him of a broken wrist. He was involved in an altercation outside the magistrates court that morning when a potential One Nation candidate Anthony Fels tried to serve him with a creditors’ petition. Culleton quit One Nation in December and is fighting a bankruptcy court ruling that threatens to end his political career. In a statement on Wednesday he said he had been at court to file violence restraining orders against two men, one of whom allegedly made death threats against him, when he was allegedly “ambushed and knocked to the ground from behind”. He alleges the man responsible was claiming to serve the papers on behalf of one of the subjects of the restraining order. His wife and two children watched the incident unfold. “Yesterday ... has added further unwarranted strain on the family,” the statement said. The senator will address media in Perth later on Wednesday. One Nation leader Pauline Hanson told the Seven Network she was not impressed with the incident and distanced herself from Fels. “It was nothing to do with One Nation, it was a civil matter,” she said. Hanson said no candidates for One Nation had been endorsed yet because the party is still in the process of registering to contest the Western Australian state election. |