‘Mum drinks too much and that’s when I got hurt’: Girl, 5, hurt in assault
Doctors observed bruising and a "significant hematoma" on her forehead.
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When he couldn't have lamb for lunch he hit the support worker in the head.
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Man alleged to have assaulted, kidnapped woman in bottle shop granted name suppression
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