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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National

Man grabbed police officer's genitals while resisting arrest: court

A man has been released on parole the same day he was sentenced to 16 months in jail for a run of Apprehended Domestic Violence Order breaches, and separate incidents that involved him punching a former partner in the back of her head and grabbing a police officer's testicles while resisting arrest.

Stephen James Hill will remain on parole until May, Magistrate Peter Barnett said on Friday when he sentenced the man for a string of charges that took place since mid-2022 - many of them while he was either on parole or serving a Community Correction Order.

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