A man is due to front Maitland Local Court today accused of kidnapping and assaulting a woman.
Police say the 28-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman who are known to each other, were travelling in a Holden Commodore on Monday morning when he assaulted her at the intersection of the Pacific Highway and Northcott Drive, Adamstown Heights.
She managed to escape when the car stopped in King Street, Newcastle and raised the alarm at the court house.
It's alleged the man spotted her later that day at West Wallsend and forced her into his car before he eventually released her at a Cessnock Hotel.
Police arrested the man at the hotel yesterday.
He's been refused bail to face Maitland Local Court charged with two counts of common assault, contravene apprehended violence order and take/detain person with intent to obtain advantage.
