Details of former reality television star Sam Wood’s relationships of support have been revealed in partly redacted documents filed as part of his failed bid for Supreme Court bail.
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Details → reveal → bail
The former Bachelor contestant is facing charges of strangulation and assault occasioning bodily harm over allegations he attacked his wife Snezana during a holiday in Noosa on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast in early October.
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he → face → October
The 46-year-old was denied bail by a Queensland magistrate in the days after his arrest, and was again denied in a second bid for freedom in the Supreme Court last week.
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old → deny → Court
Wood is appealing the decision to deny his bail at a hearing later this month.
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Wood → appeal → hearing
His legal team sought redactions over parts of the documents filed in the Supreme Court last week in support of his bail application.
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team → seek → application
In one of the files, Wood’s father Andrew talked about his close relationship with his son.
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father → talk → son
“We speak to Sam at least fortnightly, but often more frequently depending on what is happening in each other’s lives,” the document reads.
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document → speak → lives
“We have a very close relationship.
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We → have → relationship
Several months ago, Sam, and two of his daughters … visited for several days.
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Sam → visit → days
“I have a very strong relationship with all my children, especially given their mother Wendy died in 1996.”
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Wendy → have → 1996
In the document, Andrew Wood supported his son moving to an address in Tasmania.
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son → support → Tasmania
He said the property had three bedrooms, and no one else lived there.
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one → say → bedrooms
“The house has internet access and mobile phone coverage, so Sam can work from home and also stay in touch with his legal team,” the documents read.
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documents → have → team
“If Sam is granted bail to live elsewhere in Australia, I am prepared to move and live with him for up to six months as required to help him get back on his feet.
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him → grant → feet
In another document, someone supporting Wood wrote they had known him since 1999.
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they → support → 1999
“In about 2000, Sam moved to Victoria to study.
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Sam → move → Victoria
Since then, Sam and his family have stayed … for family occasions, including Christmas, birthdays, and holidays ...
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Sam → stay → Christmas
I have attended his business functions and family gatherings [in Melbourne],” the document read.
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document → attend → Melbourne
The person said they were willing to act as a surety in the amount of $1 million.
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they → say → million
They said they were willing to act as a surety because they knew Wood would “abide by his bail conditions and attend court proceedings when required”.
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Wood → say → proceedings
In another document filed in support of Wood’s application, they talked of regular gatherings with Wood.
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they → file → Wood
“When Sam was growing up in Hobart, I saw him frequently as I had a close personal relationship with his mother Wendy (now deceased) and his father Andrew.
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I → grow → mother
We had regular … gatherings, including birthdays and Christmas,” the statement reads.
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statement → have → birthdays
“Before Sam was arrested, I saw him around four to five times over seven years.
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I → arrest → years
“I will be there for … Sam whenever he requests support and do not doubt there will be plenty of catch-ups.
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he → request → ups
In another document, someone wrote they had “followed his achievements and career with great interest ...
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they → write → interest
After the birth of Sam’s three children, the opportunities to see Sam were more limited”.
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opportunities → see → Sam
Another person said Wood comes to their house at least once a year.
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Wood → say → house
“We try to have extended family gatherings at Christmas time.
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We → try → time
We speak fairly often, and I would also visit Sam in Melbourne from time to time.”
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I → speak → time
In denying bail last Friday, Justice Patrick McCafferty said before the alleged incident, Wood had consumed several drinks at dinner, before an argument broke out at the apartment over his wife wanting to pack.
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wife → deny → apartment
McCafferty said Wood had allegedly become angry.
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Wood → say → ?
“An argument commenced, not with [Snezana] but the other person [daughter Eve Markoski Wood] who was a witness to the events,” he said.
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he → commence → events
“That is said to have, according to the witness, to involve ... saying she and the witness can ‘both die, I’m going to send you back to your family’.”
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I → say → family
Soon after, Wood allegedly advanced on Eve, prompting Snezana to intervene.
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Wood → advance → Snezana
The couple went back into bedroom, where Eve reported hearing her mother’s voice become muffled and described hearing gasping.
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voice → go → gasping
Snezana alleges her husband grabbed her by the throat, and she was unable to breathe.
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she → allege → throat
“[Snezana] ended up on the floor.
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Snezana → end → floor
The applicant was still holding her throat, and the complainant alleges was choking her,” McCafferty said.
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McCafferty → hold → her
He said she told police her head was banged against the floor and skirting boards.
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head → say → floor
…and 1 more, not listed.
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