Belconnen, ACT, March 26 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release:

A 40-year-old man will face court today after allegedly strangling and assaulting two teenagers last night.

About 5.30pm (Tuesday, 25 March 2025), a teenage girl visited the home of a relative in Kambah with her friend.

Police allege the relative - the 40-year-old 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 managed to escape and were treated nearby by ACT Ambulance Service paramedics before being taken to hospital for further treatment.

The man was arrested early this m...