Boyfriend, 25, allegedly armed with a knife is accused of barricading himself and his girlfriend inside a bathroom after routine welfare check turned into hours-long siege
- Man charged over bathroom siege in Brisbane’s south
- He is accused of holding his partner at knifepoint
- Police forced their way into the bathroom to make arrest
A man allegedly armed with a knife has been accused of keeping his girlfriend locked inside a bathroom after a routine welfare check turned into an hours-long siege that only ended when heavily-armed police forced their way in and arrested him.
The alleged siege occurred on Bradman St in the southern Brisbane suburb of Sunnybank Hills on Friday.
Police allege officers attended the property for a welfare check at about 10am that day when the man, allegedly armed with a knife, barricaded himself and a 26-year-old woman in a bathroom.
Police were forced to break into a bathroom to end an four-and-a-half hour Brisbane siege on Friday
After hours of unsuccessful negotiations, specialist police stormed into the bathroom and arrested the man.
He was treated for injuries to his leg, while the woman was taken to hospital suffering shock.
The man was charged with one count each of torture, deprivation of liberty and contravention of domestic violence order (DV offences), as well as three counts of serious assault police.
Police had been sent to the home on Thursday following a call from a neighbour alleging they had seen a woman being assaulted in a car, Detective Superintendent Andrew Massingham told the Courier Mail.
A 25-year-old man has been arrested over the incident and charged with torture, depriving liberty and assaulting police
When police arrived at the property neither the man nor woman could be found, he said.
Police returned on Friday to conduct a welfare check and upon gaining entry to the home found a 25-year-old man allegedly armed with a knife, as well as a 26-year-old woman.
A 26-year-old woman was transported to hospital suffering shock after allegedly being held captive by a 25-year-old man in a Sunnybank Hills home (pictured)
Police allege the man was ‘threatening harm’ to the woman.
The house’s owner, Theresa Avison, who sublets a room in the house, told the publication she was concerned for the people inside.
‘There’s no word to describe my feeling’, she said.
The man remains in custody and is expected to appear at Richlands Magistrates Court on Monday.
The man sustained injuries to his legs after the tense stand-off with police in Sunnybank Hills
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