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ABC News
19-05-2025
- ABC News
ACT Supreme Court hears men who attacked couple in their apartment said they were trained by Chinese special forces
A woman has told the ACT Supreme Court how two men pushed their way into her apartment before attacking her husband and kicking her in the face multiple times, as they declared they were trained by special forces in China. Xiantao Shang is on trial for aggravated burglary by joint commission and assaulting the pair causing actual bodily harm. The prosecutor told the court the woman had opened the door to the two men because she was expecting a client for her massage business. The court heard the men said they were looking for a Chinese woman who they said owed money. The woman told the court Mr Shang had kicked her and punched her, and then the other man kicked her in the face on the floor. "He kicked me five or six times," the woman said. "They saw me down and went back to beating my husband." The court heard that at one point, one of the men threatened the couple. The woman said it was her who called triple-0 while she was on the floor. "At that time I had my phone in my hand and I called the police." The woman told the court how the beating continued while she was on the phone. "The police could hear me being beaten up," she said. She said the incident ended when the police arrived. The prosecution alleges the wife of one of the men arrived by the time police arrived, and told them the two men had come to speak to a woman who owed them $100,000. The female victim told the court it took a month for her injuries to heal, but it was longer for her husband who had a broken nose. But Mr Shang's lawyer, James Maher, said "any actions he took were in self defence". Mr Shang denies any agreement to cause harm. He also denies any knowledge of cable ties and duct tape found on his co-accused. The trial is continuing.
BreakingNews.ie
18-05-2025
- BreakingNews.ie
Three men charged over alleged attack during burglary in Louth
Three men have been charged after an alleged attack during an aggravated burglary in Co Louth. Three men burst into an elderly woman's home and allegedly assaulted her in Carlingford at around a 6:45pm on Saturday. Advertisement A sum of money was taken and the three men left the scene. The injured woman was treated at the scene by ambulance personnel. Three men who were arrested in their 30s are due before Drogheda District Court on Monday morning.
