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Port Hope man charged after allegedly threatening estranged wife with knife

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Port Hope police have charged a man after he allegedly threatened his estranged wife with a knife. Getty Images

A Port Hope man is facing several charges after allegedly brandishing a knife at his estranged wife on Tuesday.

The Port Hope Police Service says that around 9 p.m., officers were called to a house for reports of a domestic incident. According to police, a 38-year-old man allegedly entered his estranged wife’s residence and threatened her with a knife.

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He then left the residence, police said.

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Officers arrived and located the man near the house. He was arrested and charged with weapons dangerous to public peace, uttering threats, unlawfully being in a dwelling and three counts of failure to comply with a probation order.

He was held in custody for a scheduled court appearance in Cobourg on Wednesday.

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The name of the accused was not released in order to protect the identity of the victim in the domestic incident, police said.

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