Former Australia batter and TV commentator Michael Slater has been sentenced after pleading responsible to home violence fees.
The 55-year-old was given 4 years in jail however will stroll free after serving greater than 12 months in custody along with his time period partly suspended.
Slater, who was refused bail by the court docket a little bit over a yr in the past, was charged with a number of home violence offences on Queensland state’s Sunshine Coast between December 2023 and April 2024.
The fees included allegations of assault, strangulation, housebreaking and stalking in relation to a number of incidents in opposition to a lady.
Throughout the sentencing on Tuesday, choose Glen Money instructed Slater: “It’s obvious that you are an alcoholic. Your rehabilitation will not be easy, alcoholism is part of your make-up.”
Slater was sentenced to a two-year group corrections order – a non-custodial punishment in Australia – by a Sydney court docket in late 2022 after pleading responsible to fees together with widespread assault and tried stalking.
The best-hander performed 74 Take a look at matches for Australia between 1993 and 2001, amassing over 5,000 runs and scoring 14 a whole lot and 21 half-centuries, whereas he made 9 fifties in 42 one-day internationals.
He additionally performed in English county cricket with Derbyshire.
Slater went on to change into a profitable cricket commentator, initially on Channel 4 within the UK after which in Australia, earlier than being dropped by the Seven Community in 2021.
