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Speaker 1: Now we know that a man's facing serious charges after

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Speaker 1: allegedly assaulting his partner to the point that she lost consciousness.

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Speaker 1: Emergency Services responded to reports that a man was physically

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Speaker 1: assaulting a woman on dick Ward Driving Coconut Grove on

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Speaker 1: Saturday afternoon. Now, witnesses came to the woman's aid before

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Speaker 1: she was taken to hospital with the forty two year

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Speaker 1: old man arrested at the scene. Joining me in the

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Speaker 1: studio is Domestic Violence Investigation Unit Detective Senior Sergeant Kara

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Speaker 1: a Hen. Good morning to you, Kara, Good morning, Katie,

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Speaker 1: thank you so much for your time. Now, what's alleged

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Speaker 1: to have happened in this incident.

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Speaker 2: So, Katie, A man's alleged to have physically assaulted his

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Speaker 2: Ward Drive on Saturday afternoon, and as part of that assault,

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Speaker 2: he's alleged to have choked his partner to the point

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Speaker 2: that she became unconscious.

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Speaker 1: Goodness may and people obviously do people witness this?

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Speaker 2: Yes, So they were bystanders in the area that did

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Speaker 2: provide aid to this victim, and we would like to

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Speaker 2: thank them for the help that they gave. And just

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Speaker 2: generally thanking the public for the help that they have

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Speaker 2: been giving two people in public places. I would also

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Speaker 2: like to call out for anybody who hasn't yet spoken

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Speaker 2: to police, who does have knowledge of that incident, to

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Speaker 2: give us a call at a time that suits them.

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Speaker 2: They can give us a ring on one three to

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Speaker 2: one triple four to report that car.

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Speaker 1: It sounds particularly you know, it's like it's particularly violent,

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Speaker 1: allegedly choking your partner to the point where they lose consciousness,

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Speaker 1: and I would imagine pretty confronting for everybody that witnessed

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Speaker 1: it as well.

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Speaker 2: Yep, Katie, violence has no place in our community, and

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Speaker 2: especially in public, well not especially, but anywhere anywhere. And

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Speaker 2: if it's not something that you're it's in your normal

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Speaker 2: day to day, it's not your job description, you're not

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Speaker 2: used to seeing these things. It is really confronting for

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Speaker 2: people when these things happen. So we do you know

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Speaker 2: those people that did render aid to this lady and

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Speaker 2: stay to help and ring triple zero, we really like

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Speaker 2: to thank them, and we like to courage the public

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Speaker 2: to continue calling police if they do see things like

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Speaker 1: As you've touched on obviously, they helped out before Saint

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Speaker 1: John then arrived. I mean, did they have to like,

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Speaker 1: did they have to do CPR on this woman.

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Speaker 2: No, CPR wasn't required, but they did provide help to

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Speaker 2: her and kept her calm until Sint John got there

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Speaker 2: and other emergency services.

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Speaker 1: Do you know how she's doing?

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Speaker 2: She is viral reports. We've been in contact with her

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Speaker 2: and she's doing well all things considered, and she's receiving

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Speaker 2: support from DV support services in the Greater Dayne area.

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Speaker 1: That is good. Good to hear. Now where exactly you

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Speaker 1: know where did then the alleged defender. Did you guys

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Speaker 1: get there and managed to apprehend him pretty quickly?

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Speaker 2: Certainly, Katie So police arrived quite shortly after receiving this report.

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Speaker 2: I can't give you the exact time, but the offender

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Speaker 2: was arrested at the scene. He has been to court

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Speaker 2: for his first mention. He's been reminded in custody for

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Speaker 2: a future hearing date or next mention.

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Speaker 1: And he's he's been charged with the number of offenses

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Speaker 1: hasn't No, he has.

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Speaker 2: So he's been charged with aggravated assault. There is a

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Speaker 2: specific offense for choking, strangling, or suffocating because it is

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Speaker 2: such a high risk behavior, especially in the DV setting,

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Speaker 2: and he's further been charged with intent to cause serious

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Speaker 1: I mean in terms of their domestic violence victims. Now,

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Speaker 1: I know that a lot of them, you know, they

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Speaker 1: like some of them, may know what to do in

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Speaker 1: these situations. But you know, to anybody out there listening

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Speaker 1: this morning that may be a domestic violence victim, what

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Speaker 1: is their first point of court? What should they do?

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Speaker 2: Sure, Katie, thank you for the question. It's such a

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Speaker 2: hard thing for domestic violence victims to make that first

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Speaker 2: contact when they're ready to talk about what's happening for them. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: So I sort of think about this into two streams.

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Speaker 2: If there is emergency crisis violence happening to a person,

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Speaker 2: a must ring triple zero. So if they are at

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Speaker 2: immediate harm and someone is at risk of or receiving

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Speaker 2: The next point of call in a non emergency for

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Speaker 2: if they're not comfortable in starting off with police, there

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Speaker 2: are numerous service providers around across the Greater Darwin area.

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Speaker 2: There are a list available online. And then there's national

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Speaker 2: support services as well, such as one eight hundred Respect

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Speaker 1: And I mean, Cara, I would imagine that you guys

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Speaker 1: You guys are really busy, right.

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Speaker 2: We are really busy. Kdie Unfortunately. It is sad, but

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Speaker 2: domestic violence is a it's a whole of community problem.

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Speaker 2: It doesn't discriminate. It's happening behind closed doors and in

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Speaker 2: public places. We do thank the public who do intervene

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Speaker 2: when it's appropriate, and they're supporting friends and family to

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Speaker 2: make reports of domestic violence when it's time. But we

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Speaker 2: just ask if you do see something, say something. You

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Speaker 2: have called Triple zero already. We'd rather get five or

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, and that's a really good point to make

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Speaker 1: indeed call then authern Territory Police if you see something unfolding.

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Speaker 2: Yeap, and please do, and it's it's safe for you

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Speaker 2: to call Triple zero. They're going to ask you for

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Speaker 2: some really basic information. And we would rather receive that

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Speaker 1: And the other point that you made there that I

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Speaker 1: happening in that environment. You might not realize that a

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Speaker 1: But you know, if you do see or hear something

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Speaker 2: It is Katie, And there's actually there are some obligations

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Speaker 2: manature reporting of domestic violence. And you know, we do

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Speaker 2: some non traditional means too, if we don't forget about

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Speaker 2: every day your GP, if you're talking to them, or

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Speaker 1: I know there was another serious incident where a woman

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Speaker 1: was allegedly physically and sexually assaulted by man in Nightcliffe.

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Speaker 1: This was last Thursday night. Yes, what's alleged to have

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Speaker 2: So, Katie, last Thursday night, a male is alleged to

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Speaker 2: have physically and sexually assaulted a female on near the

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Speaker 2: intersection of Dick Wad Drive and Progress Drive. They're not

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Speaker 2: known to each other. Some bystanders intervened and he was

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Speaker 2: again we're still calling for anyone who may have any

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Speaker 2: information about that, if you witness that incident or you

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Speaker 2: have dashcam footage from around that time. There is a

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Speaker 2: media release that's gone out with a evidence portal that

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Speaker 2: you can upload that to.

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Speaker 1: Okay, and so that happened like right at an intersection.

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Speaker 2: Yes, yep, Katie, it was ten o'clock at night, so

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Speaker 2: it was dark, but yeah, it happened sort of right

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Speaker 1: And so anyone with information please get in contact with

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Speaker 1: the Northern Territory Police. Do you think there were a

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Speaker 2: Some witnesses have come forward and there were some bystanders

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Speaker 2: that rendered aid at the time, and again we thank

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Speaker 2: and we encourage them to come forward.

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Speaker 1: And Kara, do we know if the man and women

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Speaker 2: They were not known to Oh.

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Speaker 1: Goodness, may so. So just to sort of repeat this,

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Speaker 1: so this bloke, he hasn't been apprehended yet or he

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Speaker 2: Been, he's been apprehended, charged and been reminded.

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Speaker 1: Sorry, my mistake. So he has that is good. I'm

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Speaker 1: very pleased to hear that he's off the street. But

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Speaker 1: police do indeed still anyone with information is being urged

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Speaker 1: to come forward, yes please, yeah, Well, Cara, I really

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Speaker 1: appreciate your time this morning. Thank you very much for

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Speaker 1: joining us in the studio and uh and yeah, I've

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Speaker 1: no doubt we'll probably talk again sometime in the near future.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, Thanks Katie,