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Man charged with strangling teens

A 40-year-old man has been charged after allegedly strangling and assaulting two teenagers at his Kambah home on Tuesday night.

Police say a teenage girl visited the man, a relative, with her friend at about 5.30pm. They allege the man gave her alcohol and later that evening, strangled her unconscious.

The other teenager attempted to intervene and when they both tried to leave, the man allegedly threw one against a bench and pushed the other against a wall.

Both escaped and were taken to hospital.

The man was arrested early on Wednesday morning and was charged with choking a person and rendering insensible, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and aggravated common assault.

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