Nunavut man faces nine charges following Arviat assault

An Arviat man faces nine charges after he’s alleged to have broken into a residence and assaulted a woman in the Kivalliq community. (FILE PHOTO)

An Arviat man faces nine charges, including assault and uttering threats, after he was alleged to have broken into a residence where he forcibly removed a woman in front of her mother and assaulted her.

The RCMP says they were called in the early morning of Jan. 27 to a complaints that a woman was taken from her home, police said in a Feb. 3 release.

Police allege the man assaulted the woman in front of her mother, and then took the woman away.

Police later arrested a man and charged him with three counts of assault, three counts of uttering threats, break and enter, possession of a weapon and being unlawfully inside a dwelling place.

Police did not name the man, but said he was later released by a justice of the peace, who imposed a number of conditions on the accused, including no contact with the victim or her mother.

The RCMP said the woman sustained minor injuries.