Underworld figure Mick Gatto gave CFMEU official gold bracelet after construction site assault, Big Build royal commission told

Former CFMEU official Paul Tzimas tells inquiry he suffered fractured ankle and a colleague was left with major injuries and severe PTSD

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A former CFMEU official has told a royal commission that underworld figure Mick Gatto attended a meeting that was called after the union official and a colleague were seriously assaulted at a construction site, claiming the underworld figure later offered him a gold bracelet.

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.