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Couple jailed for ‘harrowing’ debt recovery attack
A Queensland man was subjected to “harrowing cruelty” for hours by a couple who beat him, shocked him and shot him in the testicles with a gel blaster.
Mark Donald McDonald and Helena Irene Wigfull were handed jail terms at Brisbane District Court on Friday for their respective roles in detaining the 23-year-old victim and viciously assaulting him at their Darra home last year.
While Wigfull walked free immediately on parole, McDonald’s sentence was added onto a term of imprisonment already being served for unrelated drug matters.
The pair pleaded guilty to deprivation of liberty, common assault and two counts of assault occasioning bodily harm while armed on Wednesday.
McDonald also pleaded guilty to charges of extortion, possessing…
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