A MAN from Chard has been sent to prison for three years for intentional strangulation.
Darren Wilkinson, of Holyrood Street, appeared at Taunton Crown Court for sentencing on October 8 2025.
He pleaded guilty to intentional strangulation, which took place on February 5 2025.
Wilkinson was sentenced to two years and six months in prison for this offence.
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The 24-year-old was also charged with failing to comply with notification requirements of the sex offenders register.
He pleaded guilty to failing to notify the police of an address he stayed at for more than seven days in a 12 month period.
Wilkinson was sentenced for six months in prison for this offence, to run consecutively, so three years in total.
The court also gave Wilkinson a restraining order - which means he cannot contact the victim - that lasts until 2032.
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