<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <docID>341151</docID> <postdate>2025-03-26 12:21:04</postdate> <headline>Man charged with strangling teens</headline> <body><div> <p><strong>A 40-year-old man has been charged after allegedly strangling and assaulting two teenagers at his Kambah home on Tuesday night.</strong></p> </div> <div> <p>Police say a teenage girl visited the man, a relative, with her friend at about 5.30pm. They allege the man gave her alcohol and later that evening, strangled her unconscious.</p> </div> <p>The other teenager attempted to intervene and when they both tried to leave, the man allegedly threw one against a bench and pushed the other against a wall.</p> <div> <p>Both escaped and were taken to hospital.</p> </div> <div> <p>The man was arrested early on Wednesday morning and was charged with choking a person and rendering insensible, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and aggravated common assault.</p> </div> </body>