Police confirm George Zimmerman arrest for threatening new girlfriend with a shotgun

George Zimmerman, the neighbourhood watch volunteer acquitted of the murder of Trayvon Martin, has been charged with threatening his new girlfriend with a shotgun, police confirm

George Zimmerman has been arrested and charged again after sheriff’s deputies were called to a reported disturbance at a home in Florida.

Mr Zimmerman, 30, is being held in prison without bail on charges of aggravated assault with a weapon, battery and criminal mischief.

Samantha Scheibe, 27, told police that he had pointed a long-barrelled shotgun at her inside the Florida home that they shared, broke a table and then pushed her outside before using furniture to barricade the door.

Police said that he did not resist arrest and was not armed at the time they arrived, but that they believe there were at least two weapons inside the house. Mr Zimmerman will make his first appearance before a judge on Tuesday afternoon.

The sheriff's office said that the latest disturbance was reported at the home that Ms Scheibe rented in Topfield Court in Seminole county near the town of Apopka, 15 miles from Orlando. She did not sustain injuries, said Dennis Lemma, chief deputy with the Seminole county sheriff's office.