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FORMER Australia cricketer Michael Slater has been given a suspended four-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to domestic violence charges.
The 55-year-old was charged with multiple domestic violence offences between December 2023 and April 2024.
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Times Newspapers LtdCharges included allegations of assault, strangulation, burglary and stalking in relation to multiple incidents against a woman.
Slater was handed a four-year prison sentence as a result, but his term has been partly suspended.
The former cricket player has already served more than 12 months in custody after being refused bail last year.
He will therefore now walk free despite the charges.
During the sentencing on Tuesday, judge Glen Cash told Slater: “It’s obvious that you are an alcoholic.
“Your rehabilitation will not be easy, alcoholism is part of your make-up.”
In 2022, Slater was sentenced to a non-custodial, two-year community corrections order after pleading guilty to charges including common assault and attempted stalking.
He played 74 Tests for Australia between 1993 and 2001.
During that time he amassed over 5,000 runs, scored 14 hundreds and 21 half-centuries.
In the latter stages of his career he spent a year in England with Derbyshire.
After retiring from the game in 2004, he moved into a career in commentary.
He first started with Channel 4 in the UK before moving back to Australia with Seven Network.
Slater was eventually dropped from the network in 2021.
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