Liverpool Police taser man who bashed woman with wine bottle at a southwest Sydney Woolies

Dramatic scenes unfolded in Sydney when a man was arrested after allegedly hitting a woman because she asked him to create 1.5m distance.

A man will face court on Sunday after a woman was allegedly assaulted with a bottle at a supermarket in Sydney’s southwest.

At about 11.35am on Friday, a 59-year-old woman was waiting at a checkout counter of a supermarket on Cartwright Avenue, Miller, when a man stood closely behind her and she asked him to take a step back.

While the woman was purchasing her groceries, the man approached her from behind and allegedly hit her head with a bottle he was holding. The bottle did not break, and the man left the store.

The woman was treated by paramedics and taken to Liverpool Hospital as a precaution.

As part of inquiries, officers from Liverpool Police Area Command were patrolling Green Valley when they saw a man in a park on Lorikeet Crescent at about 11.30am on Saturday.

Police approached the man, who allegedly produced a meat cleaver. He was tasered before being arrested and taken to Liverpool Hospital as a precaution.

The man was then taken to Liverpool Police Station and charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, using an offensive weapon to prevent lawful detention, two counts of assaulting police, and custody of a knife in a public place.

He was refused bail and is expected to appear in Parramatta Local Court on Sunday.

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