Former partner threatened to kill
Enraged at being asked by his partner to help get her three children ready for school, Andrew James Larkin used his weight to slam her head first into a dishwasher, damaging the bridge of her nose before strangling her.
The 22-year-old, of Masterton, who earlier pleaded guilty to male assaults female, was told by Judge Tony Walsh at sentencing in Masterton District Court it was a "serious assault" as he sentenced him to a raft of community-based sentences including supervision and community work.
He was also ordered to undertake a stop violence programme.
The police summary states Larkin and his partner of three years were at home on the morning of Monday, July 8, when she went into the bedroom and woke him asking him to help get the children ready for school as they were running late. He replied "why can't you get them ready yourself".