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‘Ham-fisted’ trafficker granted mercy

A “ham-fisted” trafficker who accidentally shot his girlfriend while “mucking around” with a gun in Clyde North and falsely accused the victim’s brother has been granted “mercy” by a sentencing judge. Anastassiou Papathanasiou, 44, pleaded guilty at the Victorian County Court to a string of…

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