Article: WA: Democrats senator to stand trial on assault charge


AAP General News (Australia)
03-04-1999
WA: Democrats senator to stand trial on assault charge

By Paul Ruffini

PERTH, March 4 AAP - Democrats Senator Andrew Murray has been committed to stand trial over
an alleged assault triggered by a run-in between his pet dog Benji and a Great Dane last year.

Perth District Court magistrate Steven Malley said there was sufficient evidence to commit
Senator Murray to trial after hearing today from the complainant, Wendy Julie Arthur.

Senator Murray, 51, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault occasioning bodily harm.

Ms Arthur, 28, a former schoolteacher, told the preliminary hearing that Senator Murray
struck her after her 55 kilogram ...

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