John Torney assaulted while behind bars, jailed for assault of partner

THE man acquitted of murdering toddler Nikki Francis-Coslovich has been seriously assaulted in a remand centre, a court has heard. John Torney, 33, was yesterday sentenced to three months’ jail and placed on a 12-month community corrections order over the brutal bashing of his de facto partner. Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard Torney punched his then-partner of three months in the face, fracturing her nose, at […]

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