Victorian man accused of assaulting Emma Bates before her death allegedly breached family violence order | Victoria

Cobram man John Torney, who allegedly assaulted Emma Bates before she was found dead in northern Victoria, is also accused of breaching a family violence intervention order, a court has heard.

Torney appeared in the Shepparton magistrates court on Friday, flanked by two police officers.

Police investigating the death of Bates, 49, allege Torney assaulted her and intentionally caused injury. Emergency services discovered the local woman dead at a property in Cobram, near Victoria’s border with New South Wales, on Tuesday afternoon.

Prosecutor Charles Moffatt told the court that police were…