A man and woman arrested over an alleged Lavington home invasion in which it is claimed she hit the victim on the back of the head with a wooden chair leg have been refused bail.
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The sheer seriousness of the offences was one of several reasons why magistrate Richard Funston remanded the pair in custody on Tuesday afternoon.
Mr Funston shared police concerns that Emily Brentnall, 29, and Robert William Yeoman, 32, would be a threat to both the victim and others in the community.
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They were remanded in custody to appear again in Albury Local Court on April 28.
"There is a demonstrable history of violence," prosecutor Sergeant Andrew Coombs said on Yeoman.
"It's essentially all family. This is a matter where the co-accused are known to each other and the accused is also known to the complainant."
Defence lawyer Dominic Holles said Brentnall was a businesswoman who faced the likely closure of her Lavington takeaway business, which employed 11 people, if she was remanded in custody.
"There's no offences of violence or anything like that on her history," he said.
But Mr Funston said he couldn't release Brentnall as "the police facts are extremely serious".
The only one of the trio to get bail was Steven John Brentnall, 29, who along with his co-accused is charged with specially aggravated break and enter and commit serious indictable offence in company and wound person with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
He was bailed to live at an address in Cobram and must report to police in Tocumwal.
Police say the trio fled after the alleged incident on Monday, but were arrested at another Lavington house on Tuesday about 1am.
The victim, 27, was also arrested though received bail on two counts of contravening an apprehended violence order. He too was bailed to a Cobram address.
Police claim the two Brentnalls and Yeoman forced their way into the victim's home about 10pm.
One man allegedly chased the victim, while Emily Brentnall is accused of hitting the victim with the chair leg, causing a laceration requiring four staples.
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