The offender, a 69-year-old man with Parkinson's disease, was found guilty of attempted murder after strangling his intimate partner with a wire.
The offender had a prior conviction for aggravated assault against a previous intimate partner.
The court weighed the aggravating factors of intimate partner violence and the offender's related record against mitigating factors, including his age, degenerative disease, remorse, and exceptionally harsh pre-sentence custody conditions.
The court sentenced the offender to 8.5 years' imprisonment, less enhanced credit for pre-sentence custody.
