An Australian man who was heard live streaming himself hitting his partner has been charged with assault after footage of the alleged attack went viral on social media.

The man, Luke James Munday, left his live stream on while playing the popular online video game, Fortnite. This meant other players could hear the reported assault take place on Sunday night.

Under the name MrDeadMoth, he regularly broadcasts himself playing Fortnite via the video platform Twitch. His video was shared thousands of times, before the 26-year-old was arrested on Monday.

The video shared showed Mr Munday shouting to his partner off-screen "I said I'll be out soon". He then moves away from the computer monitor but the audio can still be heard.