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10 January 2025
Prison avoided following pair of violent assaults

A WANGARATTA man has avoided a stint behind bars following extended assaults of “vulnerable” members of the community.

Appearing at Wangaratta Magistrates’ Court on Monday the 21-year-old was sentenced to serve an 18-month community corrections order for his offending in 2022.

The court previously heard the defendant, aged 19 at the time, violently assaulted a 57-year-old victim for around 45...

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