Former AFL footballer Liam Jurrah charged with four counts of assault in Alice Springs TROUBLED footballer Liam Jurrah will spend the Easter weekend in custody after being charged with four counts of assault in Alice Springs. The charges come after the footballer's arrest in Alice Springs when three women were allegedly assaulted at a 24-hour store in the early hours of Thursday morning. Jurrah, 24, and another man, 32, were arrested. Without naming Jurrah, Senior Sergeant Darrell Kerr from Alice Springs confirmed that two men arrested over the incident at the store had been charged on Thursday night. He said a bail application was heard before a magistrate in an over-the-phone hearing today and was refused. "Police opposed bail due to the seriousness of the charges," said Snr Sgt Kerr. The news means Jurrah will be locked up over Easter until the court resumes sitting on Tuesday. Twice this week he has failed to appear in court in South Australia, where he faces separate charges of aggravated assault and drink driving. Jurrah made his AFL debut in 2009 and played 36 games for Melbourne. His grandmother, Cecily Granites, said she did not understand why Jurrah had ended up in custody. "He went over to the 24-hour shop on Gap Road and bought something to eat, like a sandwich," she said. Ms Granites said she received a phone call about 4am saying Jurrah was in trouble and that he was in police custody. Superintendent Brent Warren said police attended the incident after 3am and identified three women who allegedly had been assaulted. In Adelaide yesterday, Magistrate David McLeod said a warrant for Jurrah's arrest would lie on the file after he failed to appear in Elizabeth Magistrates Court to answer a charge of aggravated assault.