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Four arrests in one day for family violence

Four people – three men and a woman – were arrested for separate alleged family violence offences on Tuesday.

A 39-year-old Greenway man has been charged with three counts of aggravated assault and contravening a family violence order after allegedly throwing items at his partner and assaulting her in two separate incidents last week.

A 47-year-old Palmerston man has been charged with aggravated assault after allegedly driving erratically with his partner and two children in the vehicle and later assaulting his partner at their home on Saturday.

Late on Wednesday night an 18-year-old woman was arrested after allegedly kicking, hitting and spitting on her former partner while in a parked car in Bonner.

And a 40-year-old Macgregor man was arrested after allegedly punching his partner and then assaulting their daughter while she recorded the incident.

They have both been charged with two counts of aggravated common assault. The 40-year-old man has also been charged with aggravated property damage.

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