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Canberra man avoids jail time after choking four-year-old boy living with autism

CCTV showed the man grabbing the four-year-old by the neck while he was babysitting him.  (ABC News: Donal Sheil)

A man who choked a four-year-old autistic boy while he was babysitting him has avoided time in prison and has been sentenced to 180 hours of community service.

The man was found guilty in the ACT Magistrates Court last week after the court viewed CCTV footage from inside the child's home.

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