The incident is alleged to have occurred at about 11.30pm, when Suzette and Brian Davis and Leanne and Tim Murray entered Bruno’s Pizzas to order pizzas.

According to Mrs Davis, a group of young men was sitting at a table and one threw a bottle at the men and it hit the back wall of the shop.

“We went outside to avoid trouble saying we were there only to order pizzas,” she said.

“One of them kept having a go at Brian and, when I told him to piss off, he swore at me and slapped my face.

“He then punched Brian in the face.”

Mr Murray was also punched in the eye and will need specialist medical treatment

Detectives arrested a 23-year-old Northam man on Monday, February 8 and charged him with two counts of assault occasioning bodily harm and one count of assault.

He was released on bail and is due to appear in Northam Magistrates Court on Tuesday, March 2.

Mrs Davis is upset the alleged offender was granted immediate bail.

“He was arrested on Monday and was back on the streets the same day,” she said.

“The police were wonderful but it’s a real worry that he got bail so easily.”

A police spokesman said the police had little option but to grant bail.