Torture charges, Keperra

Police have charged a man after he allegedly held another man captive and assaulted him in Keperra overnight.
It will be alleged an 18-year-old The Gap man and a 22-year-old underwood man, who are known to each other, were at a residence in Keperra. Between 1am and 6am the older man refused to let the other man leave the residence and assaulted him by punching him in the head and hitting him with a wrench a number of times.
Around 6am the victim was able to get away and contacted police.
A 22-year-old Underwood man has been charged with three counts of assault occasioning bodily harm and one count each of torture, deprivation of liberty and wilful damage. He will appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court tomorrow, August 3.
The 18-year-old victim was transported to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital with facial lacerations and bruising.
Quote this reference number: QP1901485272

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