A failure to 'keep the King's Peace' and the alleged biting of a police officer has almost landed a Canberra woman in jail for Christmas.
The woman, 44, was granted bail by the ACT Magistrates Court today after being charged with causing actual bodily harm and resisting arrest.
Police say they were called to a home in Moncrieff early yesterday, after reports of a disturbance between her and her partner.
After police spoke to the couple, they both signed a written agreement to 'keep the King's Peace' for twenty four hours.
Police say signing an agreement to keep the peace is used as a way to diffuse tense situations, to avoid the full process of arrest.
However, within hours police were called back to the same home, after a report the woman had allegedly been acting aggressively again.
It was decided there had been a breach of the peace, and the woman was arrested.
Woman allegedly bites police officer
Police allege the woman resisted arrest, becoming aggressive and allegedly biting one of the officers on the leg.
Today in court, prosecutors asked that she be banned from being near her partner, who the court was told had been supplying her with drugs.
But the woman's lawyer urged the court not to restrict the pair from being in each other's company, because they plan to marry in three weeks time.
The court agreed, but imposed strict conditions on the woman, including that she not take any drugs, submit to supervision and engage with mental health services.
The case will return to court in January.