Jail would be a good consequence

The Herald reports:

An Auckland man convicted of strangling his partner will be monitored ‘like a hawk’ by a judge who said it was only by luck he had not killed her and she worried he could kill in future if he does not change his ways. She is sick of seeing strangulation cases before her and is desperate for people to realise the consequences of their actions

So the judge said it was luck he didn’t murder her, he may murder in future and wants people to raise consequences of their actions. So how much prison time did this guy get for an offence with a seven year maximum?

Before I answer that, and many of you already have guessed, let’s do more background on the offender.

• January 2022, Emily was assaulted at least three times – Pete ripped her hair from her scalp in clumps, pushed her to the floor and screamed and shouted at her as he stood over her.
• In the final assault, he bent down and put his hands around her neck, squeezing briefly, relaxing his grip then strangling her for at least 30 seconds.
• Pete has a previous family violence conviction from 2012 for assaulting another woman.
• “Police have had to come to your house because somebody there has called them, or a next-door neighbour has done so, 26 times and nine in the last two years,” Judge Ryan said.
• Pete has also had three protection orders granted against him in 2014, 2015 and 2016.

For all that, he got seven months home detention!