The man accused of the assault, Matthew Atkinson, 19, of Shepparton, was refused bail in the Shepparton Magistrates’ Court on Friday, June 2.
That court ruling comes after a fight in Woolworths in Mooroopna on May 22.
Mr Atkinson is charged with intentionally causing a serious injury in circumstances of gross violence, intentionally causing a serious injury, recklessly causing a serious injury, assault, and assault by kicking.
He also also been charged with possessing and trafficking cannabis and dealing with property suspected of being the proceeds of crime.
Mr Atkinson initially started his bail application on May 24 — two days after the incident at the McLennan St supermarket.
On that occasion, Shepparton Criminal Investigation Unit Senior Constable Sarah Roberts told the court the victim — a 47-year-old Mooroopna man — had been doing his shopping at the McLennan St supermarket when he was approached by Mr Atkinson about 7.15pm.
The court was told Mr Atkinson was yelling about an affair he believed the man to be in with an underage girl.
Sen Constable Roberts said Mr Atkinson punched the victim to the head and body once, before he fell to the ground.
It is alleged Mr Atkinson then stomped on the man’s head twice, rendering him unconscious, before he fled the store.
Mr Atkinson’s solicitor Ian Michaelson told the court his client was aggrieved over a relationship the man was having.
He also argued that his client was young, had not been in adult custody before, and was an Indigenous man.
The bail application continued on Friday to allow for Mr Atkinson to be assessed for supervised bail by Youth Justice, and for the Court Integrated Services Program bail.
The court was also told on this occasion that the 47-year-old man had been moved to palliative care.
After hearing of the assessments, the magistrate ruled that Mr Atkinson be remanded in custody until his next court appearance in October.
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