
A 45-year-old man was sentenced to 8 months’ imprisonment for domestic violence –physical abuse charges at the magistrate court this morning.
Joel Tute on 19th June physically abused his wife by doing a conduct that caused her bodily pain which saw him punching his wife’s eye, hitting her head, thighs and legs with a piece of timber.
It was reported that Mr Tute frustration and disagreement with his wife on disobeying his direct orders to not contact her relatives at Alligator creek because of their influence on her lifestyle led to the physical abuse.

