24-year-old Joseph Newell was arrested after allegedly beating his 6-month pregnant wife, all because he thought she had COVID-19.
ABOUT 10 DOLLARS A MONTH.TO SIGN UP, GO TO THE WEBSITE ORCALL THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEA MAN IS ARRESTED AFTERALLEGEDLY BEATING A 6-MONTHPREGNANT WOMACAPE CORAL POLICE SAY THEY FOUNDTHIS MAN CHOKING THE WOMAN WHIINTOXICATED.ALL BECAUSE HE ALLEGEDLY THOUGHTSHE HAD COVID-19.FOX 4 SANDRA RODRIGUEZ ISREPORTING FROM THE POLICEDEPARTMENT’S HEADQUARTERS.(0:36-0:47)LL INTROTHE DEPUTIES SAY THEY FOUND THEWOMAN’S FACE COVERED IN BLOOWHEN THEY SHOWED UP.THAT WOMAN CALLED FOX 4 AND TOLDUS SHE IS THE MAN’S WIFERIGHT NOW, 24-YEAR-OLD JOSENEWELL IS IN JAIL.DEPUTIES SAY HE BEAT HIS 6-MONTHPREGNANT WIFE━ ALL BECAUSE HETHOUGHT SHE HAD COVID-19CORONAVIRIT HAPPENED TUESDAY IN CAPECORAL...THE DEPUTIES WROTE UP THE ARRESREPORT AND SAID THEY FOUNDNEWELL STRADDLING THE WOMAN’SNECK WITH HIS HANDS AND ARMSTHE REPORT GOES ON TO SAYDEPUTIES ORDERED NEWELL TO LETHER GO BUT HE WOULD NOT STOPSOT:"I would say this isn’t thefirst time.
This is probablysituation that has beenescalating for quite some timenow."SO DEPUTIES SAY THEY USED WHTHEY CALL ’PAIN COMPLIANCE’ ONNEWELL’S NECK TO GET HIM OFFTHE WOMANCHRISTINE KOBIE WITH THE ABUSECOUNSELING AND TREATMENT CENTERSAYS DURING TIMES OF STRESS LIKEWE’RE ALL IN NOW WITHCORONAVIRUS, THE CENTER SEES ANINCREASE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCECALLSSOT(Christine Kobie, CommunityEducator, ACT)"Anytime we see a decline inwork, people losing their jobor overall just a loss of powerand control on a daily controlon a daily situation stressrises and we definitely will seean increase of domestic violenceincidents."ACT HELPS VICTIMS OF DOMESTICVIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, ANDHUMAN TRAFFICKINGSO THE CENTER IS PREPARED FORMORE CALLS SOON.SOT(Christine Kobie, CommunityEducator, ACT):"We’re doing those counselingappointments virtually as anoption."LL TAG:IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS AVICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, YOUCAN CALL ACT TO THE NUMB
A married man is on trial, denying that he murdered his pregnant lover in Perth's north-east.
A man accused of bludgeoning the mother of his unborn baby to death with a hammer allegedly killed her because she would not have..