Man wanted after allegedly strangling, abducting woman arrested with ‘sawn-off shotgun’
A man who allegedly choked and tortured a woman known to him has been arrested by police, allegedly while in possession of a sawn-off shotgun.
Police say 34-year-old Ryan Symonds threatened the woman with a firearm at an address in Feluga, near Mission Beach about two hours south of Cairns, last Monday.
Ryan Symonds has been arrested by police in Far North Queensland. Queensland Police
He allegedly forced her into a car, drove her 10 minutes away to an address in Tully and left her there.
Police say four days later he found her at an address in Aloomba and again forced her into a car.
She was found by police in Mount Molloy on Saturday.
The man was arrested by police in Miallo yesterday and has since been charged with 20 domestic violence offences.
The full list of charges includes:
- three counts of failure to appear in accordance with undertaking
- two counts each of deprivation of liberty and choking suffocation strangulation domestic relationship
And one count each of:
- Dangerous conduct with a weapon
- Dangerous conduct with a weapon domestic violence offence
- Coercive control domestic violence offence
- Common assault
- Unlawful use of a motor vehicle
- Assault occasioning bodily harm domestic violence offence
- Torture domestic violence offence
- Dangerous operation of a vehicle
- Unlawful possession of a category D weapon
- Unlawful possession of a category B weapon
- Enter dwelling with intent
- Unlawful possession of a category H weapon
- Authority required to possess explosives
He was due to appear in Cairns Magistrates Courts on Tuesday.
Support is available from the National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service at 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732).
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