A former Olympic boxer is reportedly back behind bars after skipping bail on a previous offence.
Damien Hooper was arrested by police at a Toowoomba petrol station today where police allege he put up a fight with the officers making the arrest, 7 News reported.
He was arrested after being accused of skipping bail for a previous offence and going on the run.
Damien Hooper, 26, (pictured) was arrested by police at a Toowoomba petrol station today where police allege he put up a fight with the officers making the arrest
On May 19 police were called to a domestic dispute at the Blue Mountains Hotel in Toowoomba where an officer was also alleged to have been assaulted.
Hooper had applied for the bail on January 18 of this year after being in jail from December 2017 after allegedly driving over a woman known to him, punching her in the face and burning her with cigarettes.
Police allege he gagged the woman, threatened her with a machete, and ripped the door off a home during a two-day attack.
On May 19 police were called to a domestic dispute at the Blue Mountains Hotel in Toowoomba where an officer was also alleged to have been assaulted
Hooper had applied for the bail on January 18 of this year after being in jail from December 2017 after being charged for a string of offences
He was charged with deprivation of liberty, assault occasioning bodily harm, dangerous driving and domestic violence charges, including wilful damage and strangulation.
The woman’s ordeal allegedly began on November 27 when an argument between the pair escalated into violence.
Hooper allegedly entered a car with a child present and threatened the woman before forcing her to drive to a Toowoomba unit.
Hooper is best known for representing Australia in boxing at the London Olympics in 2012
He was charged with deprivation of liberty, assault occasioning bodily harm, dangerous driving and domestic violence charges, including wilful damage and strangulation
Police allege he gagged her there, punched her in the face and burned her with cigarettes.
On November 28 he allegedly pushed her from a moving car and ran over her legs, leaving her with leg injuries treated at Toowoomba Base Hospital.
Hooper is best known for representing Australia in boxing at the London Olympics in 2012.
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