A man sent threatening messages to his partner before leaving her with a serious brain injury, saying she had fallen in the shower. As a result of the assault by her partner, she has been left with a serious brain injury and will need care for the remainder of her life. In a recently released judgment, the court quashed the minimum term of imprisonment replacing it with a minimum term of eight years and eight months. The woman has suffered a serious brain injury and will remain in care for the rest of her life being unable to feed herself. “It was common ground that the MPI (minimum term of imprisonment) imposed exceeded the maximum.

Source: Stuff May 05, 2024 03:45 UTC