SA: Criminal charges downgraded against McLeod's star

AAP General News (Australia)
02-15-2006
SA: Criminal charges downgraded against McLeod's star

Criminal charges against television star AARON JEFFERY .. for allegedly assaulting
and threatening his wife .. have been downgraded.

JEFFERY .. who plays ALEX RYAN in the Nine Network's McLeod's Daughters .. appeared
in an Adelaide court today .. prosecutors amending a charge of threatening life to the
less serious offence of threatening harm.

He's also charged with one count of common assault against a family member.

The charges relate to an alleged incident last September involving his wife MELINDA
.. at Gawler .. on Adelaide's northern outskirts.

36-year-old JEFFERY has not yet been required to enter a plea to the charges .. if
convicted, he faces up to five years' jail.

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KEYWORD: JEFFERY (ADELAIDE)

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