Overview

• Judge Michael Tinney cancelled Pledger’s community corrections order and ordered immediate imprisonment with a six‑month non‑parole period.
• Reports differ on the exact term: 7NEWS says a one‑year sentence with six months non‑parole, while Herald Sun–based accounts say a six‑month non‑parole term with 127 days already served deducted.
• The court was told Pledger missed 19 appointments, continued using methamphetamine and cannabis, and tried to avoid drug testing.
• Defence acknowledged he returned to the victim’s home on June 23 after telling mental health workers he intended to kill her, leading to his arrest and hospitalisation.
• Pledger had pleaded guilty to violent assaults in 2024, with an initial seven‑month jail term later reduced on appeal to a two‑year community corrections order.