A 67-year-old Sydney man has been charged with four serious assaults on his Chinese newlywed wife, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
In Canberra District Court (ACT Magistrates Court) on Saturday, Chief Justice Walker (Lorraine Walker) charged the suspect with two counts of assault causing actual bodily injury, as well as two counts of ordinary assault.
The court learned that the suspect`s wife had recently arrived in Australia from China and could not speak English and lacked a social support network in Australia. The judge rejected his bail application, given that the man might commit another crime and his wife was in a weak position. Court documents showed that the victim was not a permanent resident of Australia or an Australian citizen.
Court documents say the man and his new wife were on holiday in Canberra at the time of the incident. His first alleged crime took place on April 5, at the Australian War Memorial, (Australian War Memorial), where several witnesses were present. Allegedly, the man and his wife had a fierce dispute before the incident, and then waved after her. Security at the war memorial said the suspect had tried to hit the victim in the head.
The incident was monitored and security personnel then called for police intervention. However, the woman on the spot did not expose the man`s atrocity, but with the assistance of interpreters to defendant (referring to the suspect) support. The police then sent the couple back to the hotel.
The next morning, the woman woke up and found the man searching her handbag and other items. Court documents said she was worried that the man was checking out and taking her belongings, so she tried to get her bag back. The man, however, grabbed her hair in one hand and his throat in the other, forcing her to fall to the ground.
The photo shows a "severe bruise" and a red mark on the woman`s neck.
Fortunately, the knock interrupted the man`s attack, the woman`s leave room ran to the hotel front desk, and the man checked out. But the quarrel did not stop, in the hotel lobby, the couple clashed again. An eyewitness told police that the man extended his hand to the woman`s neck.
A hotel worker had to stand between two men to dissuade. The man was said to have said to him, "this is my wife. I`ll do whatever I want!"
Police then arrived at the scene, paramedics assessed the woman`s injuries, the man was arrested.
It is understood that the victim arrived in Australia in December 2017, just married in March this year.
