A 39-year-old man from Blaketown has been charged with attempted murder.

Thirty-nine-year-old Adam Budgell is charged with attempted murder and other violent criminal offences in relation to a number of violent assaults against a victim.

These assaults occurred between April and June of 2023, with the most recent on June 20.

Budgell was arrested on June 20, attended court and was remanded into custody.  He attends court again today and is charged with the following criminal offences:

• Attempted murder
• Assault causing bodily harm
• Assault with a weapon
• Aggravated assault
• Forcible confinement
• Uttering threats
• Breach of probation

The investigation is continuing.