Community & Business
8 October, 2024
Koah torture charges
OFFICERS from the Cairns Criminal Investigation Branch yesterday charged two men following ongoing investigations into an alleged incident at Koah on 28 August.
The man was taken into custody after a search warrant was executed at a Kookaburra Close address at 1pm on 30 September.
It will be alleged the 57-year-old man was involved in the repeated and continued assault of a 47-year-old man during which time the victim was stabbed in the legs and struck in the head.
Police investigations indicate the men are known to each other.
The victim was treated for multiple injuries at Cairns Hospital.
The 57-year-old man has been charged with one count each of armed robbery, torture, wounding, deprivation of liberty, enter dwelling, possession of utensils, possession of dangerous drug, and four counts of assault and five counts of fail to appear.
A 41-year-old Kuranda man was charged with one count of wounding, torture, deprivation of liberty, armed robbery, possession of utensils, possession of a dangerous drug, enter dwelling, and two counts of assault.
