Choking, suffocation or strangulation in a domestic setting
Looking at sentencing outcomes in Queensland from July 2016 – June 2018 for choking, suffocation or strangulation in a domestic setting, this research found:
- 287 offenders were sentenced on the new charge introduced in May 2016
- 482 charges were prosecuted in total
- 98.3% of offenders were male
- 21% of sentenced offenders were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders
- the average age of offenders was 31.8 years
- 76% of offenders were imprisoned for the crime
- 99% of offenders pleaded guilty (if it was their most serious offence - MSO)
- the average sentence imposed was 1.9 years imprisonment
- 49% of these cases had also breached a domestic violence order.