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Her 25-year-old boyfriend, allegedly armed with a knife, is accused of barricading himself and his girlfriend inside a bathroom after a routine wellness check turned into an hours-long siege.
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- Police forced their way into the bathroom to make the arrest.
A man allegedly armed with a knife has been accused of keeping his girlfriend locked in a bathroom after a routine wellness check turned into an hour-long siege that only ended when heavily armed police forced their way in and they arrested him.
The alleged siege occurred on Bradman St in the south Brisbane suburb of Sunnybank Hills on Friday.
Police allege that officers attended the property for a wellness check around 10 a.m. that day when the man, allegedly armed with a knife, barricaded himself and a 26-year-old woman in a bathroom.
Police were forced to storm a bathroom to end a four and a half hour siege in Brisbane on Friday.
After hours of fruitless negotiations, the specialized police burst into the bathroom and arrested the man.
He was treated for leg injuries, while the woman was taken to hospital suffering from shock.
The man was charged with one count of torture, imprisonment, and violation of the domestic violence order (DV offences), as well as three counts of felony police assault.
Police were dispatched to the house on Thursday following a call from a neighbor alleging he had seen a woman being assaulted in a car, Detective Superintendent Andrew Massingham told the Courier Mail.
A 25-year-old man has been arrested for the incident and charged with torture, imprisonment and assault on the police.
When police arrived at the property neither the man nor the woman could be found, he said.
Police returned on Friday to conduct a welfare check and upon entering the home found a 25-year-old man allegedly armed with a knife, as well as a 26-year-old woman.
A 26-year-old woman was transported to hospital in shock after she was allegedly held captive by a 25-year-old man in a Sunnybank Hills home (pictured)
Police allege that the man was “threatening to harm” the woman.
The home’s owner, Theresa Avison, who sublets a room in the house, told the publication that she was worried about the people inside.
“There are no words to describe my feeling,” he said.
The man remains in custody and is expected to appear at Richlands Magistrates Court on Monday.
The man suffered leg injuries after the tense confrontation with police in Sunnybank Hills.