Former CFMEU official Paul Tzimas tells inquiry he suffered fractured ankle and a colleague was left with major injuries and severe PTSD
A former union official has told a royal commission that underworld figure Mick Gatto attended a meeting that was called after the official and a colleague were seriously assaulted at a construction site.
Paul Tzimas is the first witness associated with the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union to appear before the royal commission into the integrity of major public and civil infrastructure construction projects in Victoria.
Tzimas told the commission on Wednesday that he received a fractured ankle and a colleague was left with a broken eye socket, damage to his teeth, severe PTSD and the partial loss of his vision after they were assaulted by people linked to the builders and developers at a construction site.
No other details were given about where and when the assault occurred, but Tzimas agreed that he believed the people who assaulted him may have been linked to an outlaw bikie gang.
Tzimas, a former CFMEU official who left the union in January and is currently unemployed, told the commission that about a week after the assault a meeting was called between union officials and the builders, who also arranged for Gatto to attend.
