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ABC News
22-07-2025
- ABC News
Ryan Crowley, former Fremantle Dockers player, hit with more domestic violence charges against ex-partner
Former Fremantle Dockers player Ryan Crowley has appeared in a Perth court facing historical charges of assault, threatening to kill, and deprivation of liberty. Five of the six new offences relate to his former partner, and one count of deprivation of liberty is against another woman. It is the second time in less than two months Mr Crowley has appeared in court accused of multiple violent offences. All of those original charges were also against his former partner of five years. Mr Crowley was granted bail today by Magistrate Elizabeth Langdon despite the opposition of the police prosecution, which said he was a high risk of reoffending and due to his "propensity of violence towards the complainant". Bail was given on condition of a $40,000 surety and that he not contact either of the two women, he surrender his passport, not leave Western Australia, and report to police twice a week. His lawyer Mark Andrews told the court his client intended to plead not guilty to all the charges. Magistrate Langdon said she also granted bail because of the lengthy time it would take for the matters to get to trial, and because custody would be a greater ordeal for Mr Crowley due to his type one diabetes. But she warmed Mr Crowley if he was found guilty of all the charges he would face an immediate custodial sentence. In May, Mr Crowley had appeared in court in relation to different assault and deprivation of liberty charges. It was alleged at the time the 41-year-old choked and threatened a woman in the western Perth suburb of Claremont. In May, Mr Crowley was granted bail under strict conditions, which include reporting to police twice a week and not leaving the state. The new but historical charges he appeared in court for on Tuesday are one count of unlawful assault, and one count of threatening to kill, allegedly occurring in the Perth suburb of West Leederville on September 21, 2019. A further count of unlawful assault was from March 2020. He was also charged with intent to harm, deprivation of liberty and deprivation of liberty in circumstances of aggravation from March 2020. The first set of charges relating to the May court appearance included impeding the woman's breathing by applying pressure to her neck, making threats, unlawfully using a computer and deprivation of liberty in circumstances of aggravation. Mr Crowley played 188 games for the Dockers between 2003 and 2015, including the 2013 grand final which Fremantle lost to Hawthorn. He was later recruited by Essendon to help the club field a side while 34 of its players were suspended for the year, following its infamous supplements scandal. He was routinely used as a tagger, trying to limit the influence of the opposition's most dangerous midfielder. In 2015 he was suspended for 12 months by the AFL Anti-Doping Tribunal after he tested positive to a "specified" substance the previous year. At a media conference, then Fremantle CEO Steve Rosich confirmed the substance was contained in a painkiller which had not been not prescribed by a Fremantle doctor. He is due back in court on November 11 in relation to all the charges.
News.com.au
21-07-2025
- News.com.au
Police find pic of kids ‘bound with duct tape'
A 44-year-old man has been charged with multiple offences in Queensland after police found a mobile phone containing an alleged image of two young children bound with duct tape. The man was arrested by detectives from Queensland's Emerald Criminal Investigation Branch following investigations into illegal weapons and illicit drugs on a property in Emerald, 70 kilometres west of Rockhampton, in May. Police found a mobile phone at a property containing an alleged image of two children aged just three years old bound with duct tape. Police allege the man can be seen pointing what appears to be a firearm at the children in the photo. It will also allege the image had been forwarded on to several other people after being taken. The children were known, but not related to the man, police said. Officers identified the children and ensured they were both safe. The 44-year-old has been charged with unlawful possession of category H firearms, dangerous conduct with weapon and two counts of deprivation of liberty. He was given strict bail conditions and is expected to appear in the Emerald Magistrates Court on August 26. It comes as detectives last week arrested and charged a 59-year-old man with supply of dangerous drugs and sexual offences against a child after concerns were raised by concerned community members in a separate unrelated incident in Queensland. Police allege the man provided dangerous drugs and committed sexual offences against a child between June and July 2025. The man has been charged with the grooming of a child under 16 years, rape, supplying dangerous drugs to a minor and breach of bail. He has been remanded in custody to appear in Emerald Magistrates Court on Tuesday. Officer in Charge of Emerald CIB Detective Sergeant Dylan Brook thanked the community members for coming forward to help the victim survivors. 'I would like to thank the community members for having the courage to report the matters to the police and supporting the victim survivors,' Detective Sergeant Brook said. 'The Emerald police are committed to supporting victims of sexual abuse with compassion and work diligently and tirelessly to hold offenders accountable through the court system.'
