AWNW - 08th April 2015

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Issue #276 – Wednesday, 8 April, 2015

Albury Wodonga’s largest circulating newspaper

Tales of war will leave you Livid As Australia gears up for Anzac services this month, one local theatre company takes time out to look at the many different effects war can have. In a moving and powerful tribute to the stories of war that aren’t often told, Livid Productions will be bringing Minefields and Miniskirts to the stage. FOR MORE ON THIS POWERFUL PRODUCTION, TURN TO PAGE 14

Cop attack arrest By ERIN SOMERVILLE A MAN has been arrested and charged for allegedly assaulting and threatening a highly ranked off-duty officer in Albury last month. Albury police arrested a 30-yearold man on Swan Street, North Albury on Thursday, after investigating the 27 March incident, where a highly ranked Albury police officer was assaulted off-

duty while attempting to stop a crime. The man was refused bail and will face Albury Local Court today, 8 April. The female off-duty officer and her friend were near a building site in Albury when they saw a woman inside the fencing on the site, and attempted to prevent her and a male accomplice from leaving the scene. A struggle followed and the man

pushed the officer a number of times and threatened her and her friend with a bladed weapon. The man and woman then drove away in the vehicle. The 30-year-old man was charged with a number of offences, including: Entering enclosed lands; Larceny; Assaulting officer in execution of duty;

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¡ Causing actual bodily harm; ¡ Two counts of assaulting a person acting in aid of a police officer; ¡ Intimidating an officer in execution of duty; ¡ Wielding a knife in a public place; ¡ Armed with intent to commit indictable offence; and, ¡ Using a weapon to avoid apprehen-

The man’s arrest follows the arrest of a 40-year-old woman, who was arrested at a home on Swan Street on Saturday 28 March. She was taken to Albury Police Station and charged with stealing, trespass and shoplifting for an unrelated matter. The woman was given conditional bail to appear at Albury Local Court next Tuesday 14 April.

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On the wings of Eagles By ERIN SOMERVILLE IT ISN’T easy playing a home game of rugby league over 500 kilometres away from your home turf, let alone in a city with a strong passion for Aussie Rules. But that didn’t deter NRL’s Manly Sea Eagles from calling Lavington Oval home on Saturday night as they went head to head with the Canberra Raiders to try and kickstart their sluggish early season. For all the details, see Sport on page 23. Matt Ballin and family walk onto the ground to celebrate his 200th match. Picture: ADAM WILSON

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