South Australian politician Nick McBride says being on home detention will make him a better candidate in the upcoming SA election than those who are not on bail for alleged domestic violence!
“I will be actually focused more on work than anyone possibly could just by the mere fact that my (home detention) restrictions only let me out to work,” he told the ABC when asked about being on bail.
McBride allegedly assaulted his partner last April and charged with three offences.
In December, he was charged with aggravated assault, breaching bail and breaching an intervention order.
He faced a magistrate shortly after the new charges and was granted home detention for a number of reasons, including the effect being on remand would have on his ability to run in the South Australian election in March.
McBride denies all the allegations. The former Liberal MP left the party in 2023 and is now an independent. He returns to court this month. It is now known how the alleged victim is.
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