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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

Anthony Albanese criticises granting of bail to former detainee accused of assaulting Perth woman

A man is arrested after an an alleged assault of a 73-year-old woman in Perth
A man is arrested after the alleged assault of a Perth couple in their 70s by three men, who include a former immigration detainee. Photograph: WA police

Anthony Albanese has blamed the community protection board and prosecutors for a former immigration detainee having his ankle bracelet removed and receiving bail before he and two other men allegedly assaulted a 73-year-old Perth woman.

The prime minister told Channel Seven’s Sunrise it was the “wrong decision” by the board to advise that Majid Jamshidi Doukoshkan did not need electronic monitoring, and if it were up to him “there wouldn’t have been bail granted in that case”.

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