Assault

Last month Astor Legal appeared at Parramatta District Court in relation to an appeal of a domestic violence assault. Our client had appeared self-represented at Fairfield Local Court where he was convicted of common assault. Despite our client’s assertions that he was innocent, the Magistrate found that our client had punched and slapped his wife […]

Recently Astor Legal appeared at Downing Centre Local Court in relation to a client charged with a number of domestic violence charges including Intentionally Choke, Common Assault, Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm and Stalk/Intimidate. Police alleged that our client had become engaged in a heated argument with his wife in the kitchen. This argument then […]

Our client is a 35-year-old father living in Zetland with his pregnant wife and 7-year-old child. He had recently completed a university degree in project management and was searching for work. Prior to finding a job he was charged with stalk/intimidate and destroy/damage property over an incident in the family home. Police alleged that our […]

Astor Legal appeared in Coonabarabran Local Court recently. We were representing an indigenous client who has suffered a very difficult past few years. From his teenage years he had battled drug and alcohol addiction as well as mental illness. Today he was facing very serious charges including assault police officer in execution of duty causing […]

Recently, our senior lawyers were able to persuade a Magistrate at Parramatta Local Court to dismiss serious domestic violence charges against our client. Police had alleged that our client was trying to take money from his parents. When they refused to provide him with the money, it was alleged that he had attempted to choke […]

Our senior lawyers appeared at Blacktown Local Court recently to defend an indigenous client. Our client had three (3) charges of Contravene AVO dismissed today after we made a successful Section 32 Application. The breaches related to over 100 messages being sent by our client to the Person In Need of Protection over a short […]

Our team recently appeared at Mount Druitt Local Court for a defended Hearing on domestic violence charges. Our client was an elderly businessman who was facing two sets of domestic violence charges. The first set of charges involved using a carriage service to menace. The second set of charges included common assault and contravene AVO. […]

Our client is a 28-year-old woman who came to Australia from Tanzania on a partner visa. She had been with her partner for 5 years and the pair had been married for the last 3 years. Police had alleged that one evening, while she was at home with her partner she had stabbed him twice […]

Our client is a 41-year-old man who had been in a relationship with a female partner for 12 months. They were also work colleagues. Police alleged that on one Saturday in August, our client had pushing her onto a bed, grab her by the vagina and twisted. They also alleged that on a separate occasion […]

Our client is a 28-year-old musician who had been struggling with mental health issues for a number of years. He consumed a number of alcoholic drinks one night and went into a psychosis. He believed that his drink had been spiked, however there was no evidence to support this. While in his psychosis, he was […]