A 27-year-old man has been arrested and charged in relation to an incident that occurred on 1 January at a residence in Moil.

It alleged the man and a 28-year-old woman became involved in a verbal argument which escalated into a physical altercation when the man allegedly punched the victim on the back of her head whilst she was holding a seven-month-old baby before leaving the residence.

Police located the man yesterday at a hostel and conveyed him to the Darwin Watch House where he was later charged with aggravated assault and engaging in conduct that contravenes a Domestic Violence Order (x2)

He was bailed to appear in the Darwin Magistrate's Court on 19 March.


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