Victoria police earlier said they would not lay charges against the 17-year-old or the Queensland senator who struck him

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A man has been charged with assault for allegedly kicking the teenager who egged far-right senator Fraser Anning in Melbourne last month.

Victorian police announced on Tuesday they had concluded their investigation into the altercation between Anning, a teenager known as “egg boy” and a group of Anning’s supporters at Moorabbin on 16 March, in the wake of the Christchurch massacre.

The teenager interrupted a press conference by the independent Queensland senator, who had blamed the terrorist attack on Muslim immigration, by cracking an egg on the politician’s head while filming with a mobile phone.

The senator responded by twice punching the 17-year-old.

The teenager was then tackled to the ground by a group of Anning’s supporters and held in a chokehold.

Police decided not to charge Anning or the teenage boy over their actions.

“The 17-year-old Hampton boy has been issued with an official caution in relation to the incident,” police said.

“On assessment of all the circumstances, the 69-year-old’s actions were treated as self-defence and there was no reasonable prospect of conviction,” the force said.

But a man who allegedly kicked the boy a number of times while he was being held to the ground has been charged with assault.

Police said on Tuesday afternoon the 20-year-old West Footscray man has been released from custody and will be charged on summons.

Last week the Senate censured Anning for his comments after the Christchurch massacre, with only One Nation not supporting the censure.