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Man remanded in custody over vicious attack

A NSW south coast man who is alleged to have viciously attacked a woman while she slept, has been refused bail in the ACT Magistrates Court.

The 22-year-old was extradited from Bega to Canberra yesterday.

The court heard, the man was staying with the woman in the south Canberra suburb of Wanniassa on a weekend in March when the incident is alleged to have occurred.

It is alleged she woke up with a large gash across the back of her neck.

The court heard the cut was 5 millimetres from being a fatal injury.

The man was refused bail.

Editor's note 6/12/22: In a judge-alone hearing, Justice Terence Higgins found that there was "reasonable doubt as to the guilt of the accused", due to the possibility of the involvement of a third person. Justice Higgins found the man not guilty. 

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