He choked her, punched her, threatened to burn her alive

Allan Murphy

THE man acquitted of bashing to death a Mildura toddler in 2015 has been jailed for what a magistrate described as an “appalling” attack on a woman at Robinvale last year. Thirty-eight-year-old John Torney choked the woman to the point of unconsciousness, punched her to the head numerous times and threatened to burn down the […]

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