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Australian cricket great Michael Slater has faced a Queensland court a long list of domestic violence charges after being arrested on the weekend.
The 54-year-old is facing 18 domestic violence-related charges including allegedly choking and strangulation, assault occasioning bodily harm, four charges of common assault, unlawful stalking and enter dwelling at night by break.
He is also charged with allegedly breaching bail conditions.
Slater did not appear at Queensland's Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Monday as he remained behind bars at Maroochydore police station.
Slater (pictured outside court last year) has been hit with a long list of domestic violence-related charges after being arrested on the weekend
No pleas have been entered on his behalf.
Slater was remanded in custody and will return to court on April 16 for a bail application, with the court's duty lawyer telling the magistrate he is making enquiries about a rehabilitation facility for the former cricket star.
Last October the former Test opening batter sought mental health treatment at a private