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Man arrested following incident in Dickson

Last update: Tuesday, 2 September 2025 10:17am
Original publication: Tuesday, 2 September 2025 10:05am

A 22-year-old Dickson man has been arrested for family violence offences following an incident in Dickson yesterday.

At about 10:45am yesterday (Monday, 1 September 2025) police responded to a call from a female at an apartment complex in Dickson. Police attended and located a 22-year-old-man who was given a criminal caution for breach of the peace.

Later that day at around 1:45pm police responded to reports of a woman being assaulted at the Dickson shops. The man allegedly assaulted a woman who was known to him, and left the scene with their baby.

Police located the man and the baby a short time later. The man was arrested and charged with aggravated common assault, contravene a family violence order and chokes, suffocates and strangles another person.

He will face the ACT Magistrates court today (Tuesday, 2 September 2025).