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Charges dropped against WA top cop's son
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The son of the West Australian police commissioner has had two assault charges against him dropped.
Russell O'Callaghan admitted in October to three violent offences against a woman, pleading guilty to assault causing bodily harm, indecent assault and threatening to kill.
On Monday, two charges of common assault were dropped in Perth Magistrates Court.
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O'Callaghan, who is in Casuarina Prison, still faces charges of breaching a violence restraining order and breaching protective bail conditions and will face court again next year.
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