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A Scullin man is behind bars after allegedly causing “serious harm” to a woman’s pregnancy while forcibly confining, assaulting and threatening to kill her. Martin Carl Phillips, 35, was arrested in Melba on Tuesday afternoon after police had appealed to the public for information on his whereabouts. In a statement, ACT Policing said Phillips allegedly assaulted a 20-year-old pregnant woman at a home in Macgregor about 5am on January 25. About 10.30am on Sunday, police received a report that Phillips was allegedly holding the same woman against her will at the Macgregor residence. “Police were also advised that the offender had assaulted and threatened to kill the woman a number of times,” ACT Policing said. “Police attended the location and spoke with a number of people present. With the safety of the victim paramount, police helped the woman to a safe location.” Phillips appeared in the ACT Magistrates Court on Wednesday morning, charged with 12 offences relating to alleged incidents between January 25 and 31. The charges include three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and resulting in serious harm to a pregnancy. The remainder of the charges, which all relate to the same woman, comprise allegations of unlawful confinement, assault, threatening to kill, possessing a hunting knife with intent, and theft of a mobile phone. Police allege that Phillips committed the offences while on bail in respect of six unrelated charges that remain before the courts. Phillips seemed agitated as he sat in a remote room on Wednesday and listened while Chief Magistrate Lorraine Walker read out each of the 12 fresh charges. The 35-year-old’s lawyer, Dean Rutherford, told the court he planned to apply for bail and enter pleas on Friday. As he left the remote room in the custody of correctional officers, Phillips said: “I love you, Mum”. His mother, who was sitting in the court’s public gallery, choked back tears as she replied: “I love you, son”. The case is expected in court again on Friday morning. For faster access to the latest Canberra news, download The Canberra Times app for iOS and Android.
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A Scullin man is behind bars after allegedly causing “serious harm” to a woman’s pregnancy while forcibly confining, assaulting and threatening to kill her.
Martin Carl Phillips, 35, was arrested in Melba on Tuesday afternoon after police had appealed to the public for information on his whereabouts.
In a statement, ACT Policing said Phillips allegedly assaulted a 20-year-old pregnant woman at a home in Macgregor about 5am on January 25.
About 10.30am on Sunday, police received a report that Phillips was allegedly holding the same woman against her will at the Macgregor residence.
“Police were also advised that the offender had assaulted and threatened to kill the woman a number of times,” ACT Policing said.
“Police attended the location and spoke with a number of people present. With the safety of the victim paramount, police helped the woman to a safe location.”
Phillips appeared in the ACT Magistrates Court on Wednesday morning, charged with 12 offences relating to alleged incidents between January 25 and 31.
The charges include three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and resulting in serious harm to a pregnancy.
The remainder of the charges, which all relate to the same woman, comprise allegations of unlawful confinement, assault, threatening to kill, possessing a hunting knife with intent, and theft of a mobile phone.
Police allege that Phillips committed the offences while on bail in respect of six unrelated charges that remain before the courts.
Phillips seemed agitated as he sat in a remote room on Wednesday and listened while Chief Magistrate Lorraine Walker read out each of the 12 fresh charges.
The 35-year-old’s lawyer, Dean Rutherford, told the court he planned to apply for bail and enter pleas on Friday.
As he left the remote room in the custody of correctional officers, Phillips said: “I love you, Mum”.
His mother, who was sitting in the court’s public gallery, choked back tears as she replied: “I love you, son”.
The case is expected in court again on Friday morning.
