A man accused of assaulting his partner several times — which the Crown described as “escalating” in severity — was denied bail in Brandon provincial court on Monday.

“I’m not persuaded that you are a manageable risk in the community,” Judge Patrick Sullivan said. “It is on the basis of the secondary grounds and the repeated nature of these types of allegations and what appears to be an inability to stay away from (the complainant) that I deny bail.”

Axel Smith, 27, is charged with two counts of assault, three counts of breaching an undertaking, breaching a peace bond and theft under $5,000.

Crown attorney Melania Cannon said Smith entered a one-year peace bond with the complainant on May 26 after she alleged that he threatened to punch her. Cannon clarified that Smith was not proven gu

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