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The mother was allegedly assaulted after asking the group to stop swearing as there were children around.

A man squeezed a woman in a “bear hug” to stop her calling police when he refused to leave her apartment.

Article content For the month of April 2021, there was an overall increase of 46% (12,236 to 17,855) in the number of calls for service in RCMP jurisdiction as compared to April 2020. All three districts saw an increase in calls for service: · West District: 52% (3,355 to 5,101) · East District: 41% (4,867 to 6,866) · North District: 47% (4,014 to 5,888) We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Manitoba RCMP Monthly Police-Reported Crime Statist...

Concern as KZN, EC record double-digit increases in murder rate Share Durban - KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape have recorded double-digit increases in its murder rate, Minister of Police, Bheki Cele revealed at the latest quarterly National Crime Statistics briefing on Friday. While there had been an overall decline of 8.5% in Contact Crimes such as Assault GBH, Sexual Offences, Common Assault and Robbery and Robbery with aggravating circumstances between January 1 and the end of March 202...

A young man who took matters into his own hands after a car was borrowed and not returned attacked two people, breaking a woman’s nose.

Premium Content   A MAN grabbed his girlfriend by the neck, pushed her against a wall and slapped her on the leg in an attempt to stop her arguing. The argumentative couple had been drinking heavily at the time. But when he went before an Ipswich court, he readily agreed his behaviour had been wrong when the magistrate criticised his actions The 57-year-old man pleaded guilty in Ipswich Magistrates Court to one count of common assault - domestic violence related - on March 26. Prosecutor...

A man threw a plastic box containing his belongings at his partner’s car after she started an argument with him about his lack of effort to do housework.

Premium Content Subscriber only The victim of an assault outside a courtroom made threats to his aggressors daughter and was set to be sentenced for kidnapping and torturing the aggressors nephew. A man, 43, approached the victim outside Rockhamptons District courtroom on March 13 after the victim had been communicating with his daughter and making threats. The man, who has a history of violence, pleaded guilty on April 13 in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to one count of common assault. The...

Premium Content Subscriber only A Cannonvale man has been charged after he allegedly grabbed a fire twirler from a performer and then punched a cyclist multiple times. Police allege the man was refused entry to a licensed venue on Shute Harbour Rd in Airlie Beach about 12.15am on Saturday. The 25-year-old man then approached a nearby crowd watching a street performer who was using fire sticks. Police allege the man rushed towards the fire twirler and took a fire stick before running down the ...

Among 191 stations and across 18 crime classifications, Makhanda appears in the top 30 eleven times in the South African Police Service’s third-quarter crime report. Alarming figures for the violent crimes of rape and assault emerge in the town, along with an average of around 30 residential burglaries a month. Provincial Commissioner Lt-Gen Liziwe Ntshinga and the MEC for Transport, Safety and Liaison, Weziwe Tikana, released the Eastern Cape crime statistics for the third quarter at Cala on...