Infamous former Auburn deputy mayor Salim Mehajer has been discovered responsible of six home violence costs after a three-week trial.
The NSW District Court docket jury deliberated for 5 hours on Wednesday earlier than returning responsible verdicts on costs together with frequent assault, assault occasioning precise bodily hurt, intimidation, and choking.
Mehajer's arguments that the girl accusing him of home violence was a liar who faked texts and photoshopped footage of bruises did not persuade jurors.
The courtroom heard he punched the girl within the head 10 occasions in his automobile, squeezed her hand so exhausting it cracked her telephone display screen and lined her mouth and nostril along with his hand, stopping her respiration till she handed out in various incidents over virtually three years.
He advised the jury her claims have been "weird" and "sprinkled with various lies".
The 36-year-old will face a listening to on Thursday earlier than studying his sentence on June 23.
Mehajer represented himself at trial after being unable to safe monetary help to pay for attorneys.
He was required to query her by means of a 3rd social gathering when she gave proof earlier than a closed courtroom.
Mehajer advised the jury she made up her accusations as she went alongside and ultimately was "tangled inside her personal net of lies", accusing her of photoshopping bruises in photos and fabricating screenshots of textual content messages.
Assist is offered from theNationwide Sexual Assault, Home Household Violence Counselling Serviceat 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732).
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