Former Australian test cricket player Michael Slater sported a very different look while he was released from prison after being sentenced to a suspended prison sentence for a shocking list of domestic violence.
Slater received a four -year prison sentence for offenses of domestic violence, but was released from guard after serving more than a year behind bars.
Slater, 55, was sentenced to the district court of Maroochydore on Tuesday after pleading guilty to seven charges, including two women’s suffocation chiefs.
The accusations also included harassment, assault and burglaries and were linked to offenses committed on the Sunshine Coast du Queensland in December 2023.
He also sent a woman of abusive messages, the police by finding some when making a wellness check in Slater in March 2024.
Slater was photographed by leaving the Watchhouse Marochydore which seems very different from the way in which fans remember him, now sporting a thick and likely gray beard compared to his latest previous public appearances.
The sports star in difficulty was photographed by leaving Marochydore Watchhouse sporting a thick gray beard and an emaciated appearance after more than a year behind bars
The appearance of Slater was far from his appearance when he was photographed before a Queensland court in 2023 (photo)
The star of sports in difficulty, wearing a t-shirt, relaxed pants and thongs, went to a car pending with her lawyer after the sentence. He refused all questions from journalists.
Slater spent more than 12 months in detention and made multiple unsuccessful attempts to obtain a deposit before being sentenced.
However, some Australians believe that he should always be locked up for his crimes.
An X user has published: “To understand the prevalence of domestic violence, look at the lack of consequences that men experience women to stifle women. Playing cricket is not a moral act and alcohol dependence is not an excuse to be abusive.
Another posted: “The former test cricket player Michael Slater after strangulation, assault phrase – ABC News Wow! What because he’s Michael Slater, it’s enough! Once an attacker is, always an aggressor with or without alcohol! This does not send a good message.
A third commented: “Free at home when it is probably that the victim of Michael Slater will live in fear. The representatives hypothesize that, because he has not drank alcohol for a year, he probably does not take it back. It’s BS. The only reason he didn’t have alcohol is that he couldn’t.
Judge Glen Cash sentenced Slater on Tuesday to four years’ imprisonment to be partially suspended after the time purged.
The rest of the Slater penalty is suspended for five years, during which he may be in police custody if he commits another serious offense.
The old testing paste of the test and the star of Channel Nine (photo at how to how nine in 2013) were marked by judge Glen Cash
Slater was authorized to release after also pleading guilty to a drink and an offense of drug driving before the Marochydore First Instance Court following his conviction for domestic violence.
The accusation in the case said Slater deserved a sentence “in the order of” five years in prison, with parole after three years.
Slater lawyer, Greg McGuire, argued that his client should receive a three -year stay behind bars and be released immediately.
“He wishes to return to New South Wales, where members of his family reside,” McGuire said in court.
“If he improves, it is entirely to him. It has been alcohol -free for a year.
Judge of the Supreme Court Paul Freeburn last August heard that Slater had a long history of mental health problems and a number of diagnoses, including alcohol consumption disorder.
Defense lawyer Gregory McGuire at the time pleaded for conditions of bail which included Slater moving to New South Wales and in rehabilitation.
“He was clearly in the grip of terrible alcohol dependence,” said Mr. McGuire.
After having done his debut during the 1993 Ashes tour, Slater played 74 tests for Australia, amassing 5312 points at an average of 42.83 with 14 tonnes.
Slater (photo after having marked a century for Australia in 1999) went from one of the most famous athletes in the country to face a difficult rehabilitation battle
He also played 42 international internationals.
Slater retired from cricket in 2004, embarking on a career of television comments.
A New South Wales magistrate in 2022 sentenced Slater for a common assault, breaking a ban and two other offenses against a woman.
Slater was drunk and erratic when he pulled the woman’s hoodie and she fell into a kitchen bench.
During the following months, he tried to send an email, send him an SMS and call him more than 100 times in violation of a court order.
