AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER JAILED FOR 22 YEARS OVER BRUTAL ASSAULT AND RAPE CASE

The active ADF member struck his former colleague with a Bunnings-sourced bamboo stick around 5000 times.

A serving ADF member has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for repeatedly assaulting his former colleague and wife over a five-year period.

The Australian Army corporal, whose identity remains undisclosed to protect the victim, was convicted in the NSW District Court last week.

A jury found him guilty of aggravated sexual assault, sexually touching without consent,