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A Whitsunday man choked and assaulted his former partner after arriving home to what he claimed he believed was a home invasion.
Minimal details were read aloud during a short sentencing hearing in Mackay District Court.
The victim had arrived at Jarred Leith George Gillieâs home claiming she was returning a shifting spanner â a story Judge Julie Dick did not buy.
âThereâs a background to it, itâs not just straight up gratuitous violence that you sometimes see in these cases,â Judge Dick said, indicating she did not believe the victim had been there to return the tool.