Former Australia take a look at batter and TV commentator Michael Slater was sentenced to 4 years’ jail on Tuesday (April 22, 2025) after pleading responsible to domestic violence expenses, however will stroll free after serving greater than a yr in custody.
Slater’s jail sentence was partly suspended, a registrar on the Maroochydore District Court stated.
Slater was refused bail by the court docket simply over a yr in the past after being remanded in police custody and charged with a number of domestic violence offences on Queensland state’s Sunshine Coast between December 5, 2023 and April 12, 2024.
The expenses included allegations of assault, strangulation, housebreaking and stalking in relation to a number of incidents towards a girl within the Noosa area.
In sentencing on Tuesday, Maroochydore decide Glen Cash advised Slater it was apparent he was an alcoholic, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported.
“Your rehabilitation will not be easy — alcoholism is part of your make-up.”
Mental well being points
Slater performed 74 Tests from 1993-2001 and have become a profitable cricket commentator earlier than being axed by the Seven Network in 2021.
He has been charged with a number of domestic violence offences in recent times and struggled with psychological well being points.
Slater was sentenced to a two-year group corrections order by a Sydney court docket in late-2022 after pleading responsible to expenses together with widespread assault and tried stalking of a girl.
A group corrections order is a non-custodial punishment in Australia.
Published – April 22, 2025 12:58 pm IST
