AAP General News (Australia)
08-08-2007
NSW: Bulldogs' Alley-Tovio facing assault charges
SYDNEY, Aug 8 AAP - Bulldogs rugby league player Damon Alley-Tovio is facing charges
of assault, unlawfully taking and driving a car and drink driving.
It's understood the charges relate to an incident last week in which Alley-Tovio is
alleged to have assaulted two men inside the Rydges Hotel at Parramatta.
Security guards threw him out of the hotel and police attempted to arrest him but he
allegedly ran off before getting into a car which had been left unoccupied in the emergency
lane near the M4 overpass on James Ruse Drive.
The vehicle was later found at Maroubra police station in Sydney's east, while the
keys were handed in through a third party, police said.
Alley-Tovio, 23, handed himself in at Auburn police station just before 5pm (AEST) yesterday.
He has been charged with two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, taking
and driving a conveyance, driving under the influence of alcohol, and affray.
He has been issued with a court attendance notice to appear at Parramatta Local Court
on August 30.
Alley-Tovio, of Coogee, joined the Bulldogs this year but has not reached the top grade.
The club said earlier he had been suspended and it would be considering its options.
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