Based on the provided document, here is a summary of what the file contains:\n\nThis is a **Brief of Evidence** prepared by the NSW Police Force for a criminal matter before the Fairfield Local Court.\n\n### **Core Details:**\n* **Accused:** Kenneth William McManus (DOB: 07/05/1960)\n* **Charge:** Assault occasioning actual bodily harm (Domestic Violence - Table 2 offence)\n* **Alleged Victim:** Kayleen McManus (the accused's sister)\n* **Date of Alleged Offence:** 26 August 2025\n* **Location:** 51 Margaret Street, Fairfield West, NSW\n* **Court Date:** 20 October 2025 (for mention)\n\n### **Key Contents of the Brief:**\n\n1. **Administrative Documents:**\n * Cover sheet, contents list, and witness list.\n * A letter from Legal Aid NSW (dated 31 Oct 2025) to the accused, Leslie Scott, enclosing the brief. *(Note: The letter is addressed to Leslie Scott, which appears to be a discrepancy, as the accused named throughout is Kenneth McManus. This may be an error or involve a different party)*.\n * Court Attendance Notice and Fact Sheet outlining the allegations.\n\n2. **Alleged Facts (from Police Fact Sheet):**\n * The accused and victim (his sister) had been drinking earlier in the day, leading to a verbal argument and police/ambulance attendance.\n * Later that evening, the accused attended the victim's address. After another argument, he allegedly grabbed a wooden bat from a witness's vehicle and struck the victim twice on the head.\n * The victim snatched the bat in self-defence and hit the accused to get him away.\n * The victim's daughters called police and ambulance. The victim was treated at Liverpool Hospital for bleeding, bruising, and swelling.\n\n3. **Witness Statements:**\n * **Victim Statement (Kayleen McManus):** Describes the accused arriving, an altercation where he grabbed her neck, and then him striking her in the back of the head with a bat. She states she took the bat in fear for her life.\n * **Witness Statements (Kaity & Rhiannon Absalom - victim's daughters):** Describe their mother's emotional state, hearing the altercation, and finding their mother injured and holding a bat. They express fear of the accused.\n\n4. **Evidence:**\n * **Photographs:** 27 photos of the wooden bat used.\n * **Forensic Report:** A DNA report stating a mixed profile from a swab of the bat. The report indicates Kenneth William McManus **\"cannot be excluded as a contributor\"** to the male profile found on the bat.\n * **Body Worn Video:** Footage from Constable Ravineil Deo and Leading Senior Constable Warren White (not included in text, but noted as external media).\n\n5. **Apprehended Domestic Violence Order (ADVO):**\n * A provisional ADVO was issued against Kenneth McManus to protect Kayleen McManus and her daughter Kaity Absalom.\n * It includes orders not to assault, threaten, stalk, harass, intimidate, approach, or contact the protected persons, and not to go within 100 metres of their home.\n * A statement of service confirms the order was served on the accused on 29 August 2025.\n\n### **Outstanding Items:**\nThe brief notes that several police witness statements (from Constables Simonian and White, and a crime scene statement) are still outstanding.\n\n### **Overall Summary:**\nThis is a prosecution brief alleging a domestic violence-related assault by Kenneth McManus against his sister. The police case relies on the victim's account, witness statements from her daughters, forensic DNA evidence linking the accused to the alleged weapon, and body-worn video. A provisional ADVO is already in place. The matter is next listed for mention in court. The letter from Legal Aid suggests the accused may be seeking legal representation.