Claims extracted
27
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
11%
3 of 27 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
The Guardian's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
4
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A Queensland court has heard claims that former Bachelor star Sam Wood used drugs and alcohol, engaged in a “party lifestyle” and that he “struggles with anger”, as Wood makes a second bid for bail on domestic violence charges.
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Wood → hear → charges
Wood, 46, from Melbourne, has been held in custody since his arrest on 4 October at Noosa.
asserted
Wood → hold → Noosa
He was initially denied bail over allegations he choked and assaulted his wife, Snezana Wood, while the family was holidaying on the Sunshine Coast.
asserted
family → deny → Coast
He is charged with two domestic violence offences: assault occasioning bodily harm and strangulation in a domestic setting.
asserted
He → charge → setting
His legal team have indicated he will fight the charges.
asserted
he → indicate → charges
During an initial bail hearing, a court heard Snezana was supportive of the charges, that she was allegedly choked and that “there was a cessation of breath”.
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she → hear → breath
“She articulates [in a video-recorded statement] the banging of her head on the floor.
asserted
She → articulate → floor
She couldn’t breathe,” police prosecutor Jeanette Grigoris told the earlier hearing.
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Grigoris → breathe → hearing
“She thought she was going to die.”
asserted
she → think → ?
Wood has now launched a bid for bail in the supreme court.
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Wood → launch → court
The more serious charge, related to strangulation, places him in a “show cause” position where there is a presumption against bail unless he can demonstrate he does not pose a risk of re-offending.
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he → relate → offending
On Friday Wood’s lawyer, Paula Morreau KC, said that there was no suggestion Wood “suffered from addiction” despite crown submissions that he used drugs and alcohol use and engaged in a “party lifestyle”.
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he → say → lifestyle
Morreau said that if granted bail, Wood proposed to reside in Tasmania, where his father lives, and that he would agree to the condition “to not enter Victoria” where Snezana lives.
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Snezana → say → Victoria
At the earlier application, Wood had sought bail to reside in Melbourne.
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Wood → seek → Melbourne
Morreau said Wood had been suffering “significant stressors” and that he “struggles with anger” but that in such situations “he usually leaves and takes time”.
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he → say → time
“He shows he has the capacity for self-control,” she said.
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she → show → control
Wood’s legal team proposed he undergo a “men’s behavioural change” course if released on bail.
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he → propose → bail
Crown prosecutor Jessica Guy said there were “serious features” to allegations that Wood assaulted and strangled his wife.
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Wood → say → wife
“[Wood] didn’t desist.
asserted
Wood → desist → ?
[The] violence extended beyond the application of force to her neck, to the banging of her head to the floor of the skirting boards.
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violence → extend → boards
“[It occurred] in the presence of an adult witness and the close proximity of young children.
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It → occur → children
“The submission is made that the applicant’s conduct has escalated.”
asserted
conduct → make → ?
Morreau told the court “a person that he is close to” had offered a “very substantial” surety to guarantee he would return to Queensland to face the charges.
asserted
he → tell → charges
Morreau argued that a trial on the charges could take more than a year, and that there was “a very real prospect” that if not bailed, Wood would spent more time in custody prior to sentence than would be imposed if he was found guilty of the charges.
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he → argue → charges
Wood is now being held at the high-security Wolston correctional centre near Brisbane.
asserted
Wood → hold → Brisbane
He was not brought to the court for the hearing on Friday.
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He → bring → Friday
The bail hearing continues.
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hearing → continue → ?
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