A 19-year-old Greenway man has been charged with 15 family violence offences.

Police allege the man committed the offences over a three-month period between November and January with a woman he met via a social media platform earlier last year.

Among the 15 charges, police allege the man:

• Assaulted the woman while stationary in a car in Calwell including attempts to choke and suffocate her.
• Threatened to kill the woman while in that car by holding a pair of scissors to her throat.
• Threatened to burn down the house the woman was living in at the time in Greenway.
• Sending threatening messages including to kill the woman.

The woman reported the matters to police on Wednesday and the man was arrested at his Greenway home later that evening.