Terrorist’s brother Arken Sharrouf accused of vicious abuse
Police allege the brother of an IS terrorist shaved his partner’s head, choked her and broke her ribs, vertebrae and fractured her eye socket in a brutal attack.
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A slain Australian terrorist’s brother who has been charged with savagely bashing the mother of his children and shaving her head will soon learn which charges police will proceed with against him in an upcoming District Court trial.
Arken Sharrouf, 32, is in custody charged with three counts of assault and choking after police alleged his 27-year-old female partner staggered into Riverwood police station at 10pm on Tuesday night with severe facial injuries and her head shaved.
He is the brother of slain Australian ISIS terrorist Khaled Sharrouf.
Police will allege the woman’s head was shaved, her ribs and vertebrae were broken and her eye socket was fractured when she arrived at the police station with a small child after the horrific attack.
He will be arraigned ahead of a trial at the Downing Centre District Court on March 27.
Court documents reveal Sharrouf is accused of choking his partner, punching her, kicking her and stomping on her, causing a fractured left eye socket, 10 broken ribs and two fractured vertebrae.
Sharrouf is also charged with common assault in relation to “forcibly cutting all her hair from her head”.
“The assault is of the most serious nature, using extreme violence over a 48 hour period,” the police documents stated.
“Police have extreme fears for the victim in this matter if bail is granted to the accused.”
Police also said a prison sentence was highly likely if the allegations against Sharrouf are proven.
“The accused has associations with terrorist organisations and his brother is a known deceased terrorist,” police documents stated.
“The accused is a known supporter of terrorist organisations and the accused’s family has travelled to the Middle East to support terrorist organisations.”
Sharrouf was formally refused bail in court after his arrest and he remains behind bars.