Police have charged a man with 10 offences after investigations into an alleged attempted robbery in Avenell Heights on June 2.
Around 5.30am, a 55-year-old man was sitting in his car, parked on Ritchie Street, when a white SUV allegedly pulled up beside him.
A man, not known to the 55-year-old, allegedly got out of the white SUV, approached him and demanded cash.
Police will allege the offender then sprayed the victim with flammable liquid and set his shirt alight.
The victim was able to quickly take off his shirt. He was transported to hospital with minor burns to his right arm.
The alleged offender drove away in the white SUV, but damaged the victim's car while leaving the scene.
A 22-year-old Avenell Heights man has been charged with two counts each of possessing dangerous drugs and offence to buy or possess medicines or hazardous poisons, and one count each of acts intended to disfigure, attempted robbery armed/in company/used personal violence, authority required to possess explosives, possess property suspected of having been used in connection with the commission of a drug offence, failure to appear in accordance with undertaking and breach of bail condition.
He has been refused police bail and is due to appear in Bundaberg Magistrates Court today, June 9.
Earlier: Attempted robbery, Bundaberg – Queensland Police News
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