A Hunter man has faced court today charged with domestic violence offences that allegedly occurred last year.
About 2am on Sunday 13 September 2020 emergency services responded to reports of a serious assault in Waterbush Crescent, Woodberry.
Officers from Port Stephens-Hunter Police District attended, secured a crime scene and commenced an investigation into the alleged assault of a 38-year-old woman by a 43-year-old man known to her.
It will be alleged that the woman was assaulted by the man with a metal frame and a timber fence paling before he smashed a window. The man fled the scene prior to the arrival of police.
The woman was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being taken to Maitland Hospital in a stable condition.
Officers made multiple attempts to locate the man without success and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
About 8.25am today (Tuesday 29 June 2021), officers from the Northern Region Domestic Violence High Risk Offenders Team arrested the man at a home in Waterbush Crescent. He was taken to Maitland Police Station and charged with reckless wounding, contravene prohibition/restriction in AVO, armed with intent to commit indictable offence, affray, common assault, destroy or damage property.
The man faced Maitland Local Court today where he has been bail refused to face the same court on Wednesday 7 July 2021.