Wife-beating ex-AFL player Fabian Francis jailed

FORMER AFL footballer Fabian Francis will serve at least 15 months' jail for the violent abuse of his ex wife.

The District Court this morning jailed Francis for four years, with a 15-month non-parole period, for the repeated bashing and victimisation of Debra Buckskin.

Francis was found guilty following a trial at which he denied abusing Ms Buckskin, a former police officer, for 10 years.

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