Media release

Call for information - Aggravated assault - Driver

Police

Police are calling for information following an aggravated assault that occurred in Driver overnight.

Around 10:40pm, the Joint Emergency Services Communication Centre received reports of a female, and two males entered a property on Lorna Lim Terrace and assaulting a 53-year-old male.

The incident allegedly followed a dispute that occurred earlier that evening between the victim and the female offender.

It is alleged that the female offender later knocked on the front door to the victim’s residence and when the victim’s partner opened the door, she and two other masked men entered the house and located the victim in his room. One of the masked men allegedly assaulted the victim with a wooden plank and the second masked man assaulted him with a chain. All three offenders subsequently fled the scene.

Police and St John Ambulance attended, and the victim was conveyed to Palmerston Regional Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. His partner was not injured during the incident.

Serious Crime have carriage of the incident and investigations are ongoing.

Police urge anyone with information to make contact on 131 444. Please quote reference number P25143118. Anonymous reports can be made through Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or via https://crimestoppersnt.com.au/.