Australia news LIVE UPDATES: Helen Haines loses leg after attack, Brendan Nugent charged over car ramming that left independent MP critically injured

Here’s what we know about the incident that left independent MP Helen Haines critically injured earlier this week.

Brendan Nugent, 43, has been charged with three offences after Haines was repeatedly struck by a 4WD on the street outside her electorate office in Wangaratta on Monday.Haines lost a leg in the alleged attack and remains in a critical condition after being airlifted to a Melbourne hospital.Nugent faces charges of dangerous driving causing injury, intentionally causing injury and a federal offence of causing harm to a Commonwealth public official.Police searched Nugent’s home in the rural Victorian township of Tarrawingee on Tuesday and allege that he carried out a targeted attack on Haines.Nugent remains in custody and will face Wangaratta Magistrates Court on Wednesday.