Canberra man on parole charged with assaulting partner

A Canberra man who had recently been paroled has been charged with committing multiple serious crimes against his partner.

Police allege the 39-year-old from Mawson began harassing the woman in December last year.

Over the course of this year, police allege the man subjected her to numerous assaults.

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The woman reported the alleged abuse to police on Thursday this week.

The next day, police then searched the man's home. He was arrested and taken to the ACT Watch House.

Police said the 39-year-old had been paroled in April.

He was charged with aggravated assault, choking, suffocating and strangling another person, having sexual intercourse without consent and using a carriage service to menace and harass.

He was expected to appear in the ACT Magistrates Court today.

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