VIC:Man on girlfriend kidnap, assault charges

AAP General News (Australia)
12-28-2010
VIC:Man on girlfriend kidnap, assault charges

MELBOURNE, Dec 28 AAP - A man has been remanded in custody for allegedly kidnapping
and severely beating his girlfriend over 10 hours earlier this month.

Detectives from Broadmeadows Embona armed robbery taskforce arrested Omar Aboueid at
an address in Glenroy, in Melbourne's north, early on Tuesday.

He was later charged with kidnapping, intentionally causing serious injury and drug offences.

Following an out-of-sessions hearing at the Melbourne Custody Centre he was remanded
in custody court at the Melbourne Custody Centre this afternoon.

Aboueid was remanded to appear in the Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.

Police allege the victim was held captive by Aboueid for up to 10 hours on December 6.

The incident started at the 35-year-old woman's house in the northern suburb of Coburg
and is believed to have been in relation to missing property belonging to Aboueid.

In an appeal for public help last week, Detective Senior Constable Dennis Cunha said
the woman was repeatedly punched in the head and then dragged into a car and driven around
Coburg and Reservoir, where the attacks continued.

She was eventually returned home suffering a broken nose and severe swelling and bruising
to her face and body.

"The actual assault was quite vicious, there's some brutal injuries on the victim in
relation to the swelling on the face," Sen Const Cunha said.

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KEYWORD: ABOUEID

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