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A 23-year-old Belconnen man will face the ACT Magistrates Court this morning charged with multiple family violence offences and assaulting police.
Police allege that over the course of several weeks, the man assaulted a woman known to him a number of times.
On one occasion in early September, the man allegedly struck the woman multiple times on her face and body, resulting in the woman sustaining serious rib injuries.
In another incident, the man allegedly attempted to engage in a verbal altercation with the woman, and when she attempted to remove herself from the situation, he allegedly choked her and dragged her by the throat.
Yesterday morning (30 September 2024) the man allegedly threw a remote at the woman’s back and head after attempting to engage in another verbal altercation. When the woman attempted to leave, the man allegedly grabbed her by the neck and choked her.
About 11.25am yesterday morning, police subsequently arrested the man at a residence in Belconnen.
Upon being lodged in the ACT Watch House, the man allegedly damaged CCTV cameras, rendering them unusable for observation. He then allegedly further damaged the intercom system.
As police attempted to engage with the man in relation to his actions, he allegedly spat in the face of a police officer.
He has been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, two counts of choking, suffocating, and strangling another person, aggravated common assault, using a carriage service to harass, damaging Commonwealth property, and assaulting a police officer.