DV choke accused bailed with tracker

A MAN who threatened to kill his wife will become the third alleged Gold Coast domestic violence offender fitted with a GPS tracker.

The man, charged with one count of DV strangulation, was granted bail in the Southport Magistrates Court yesterday after being held in custody at the weekend.

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is alleged to have strangled his wife so hard she lost control of her bowels.

A condition of his bail is that he will not be released until a GPS tracker is delivered from Brisbane and fitted to his ankle.

Magistrate Mark Howden said the man must live with his mother and remain at the home between 10pm and 6am. He is not allowed to visit parts of the Coast, except for medical and legal appointments.

Police prosecutor Sergeant Damian Summerfield read from a 57-page statement, which detailed what he said “ticked all the boxes for why a domestic violence specialist court was set up in Southport”.

The allegations included death threats, actions which made the woman feel she was trapped inside her own home and being forced into performing sexual acts.

The court heard the man had previously been fined $4000 for threatening to kill the woman.