<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <docID>333079</docID> <postdate>2024-11-14 11:40:04</postdate> <headline>Judge who assaulted ex-partner gets community service</headline> <body><p><img class="size-full wp-image-333080" src="https://citynews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20241016142467464090-original-resized.jpg" alt="" width="900" height="600" /></p> <caption>Gregory Geason has been sentenced to 100 hours of community service for assault and emotional abuse. (Ethan James/AAP PHOTOS)</caption> <p><span class="kicker-line">By <strong>Ethan James</strong> in Hobart</span></p> <p><strong>A Supreme Court judge who assaulted and emotionally abused his then-partner has been sentenced to 100 hours of community service.</strong></p> <p>The punishment is part of a 12-month community corrections order handed down to Tasmanian Justice Gregory Geason on Thursday in Hobart Magistrates Court.</p> <p>Geason was previously found guilty of assaulting a woman on October 31, 2023, at a Hobart home and one count of emotional abuse or intimidation spanning a period of months.</p> <p>The 63-year-old, who pleaded not guilty to the charges, was found to have grabbed, shaken and pushed the woman, causing her to fall into a mantlepiece and suffer bruising and concussion.</p> <p>Geason was also found to have tracked her movements and was verbally abusive, aggressive and jealous.</p> <p>Magistrate Susan Wakeling on Thursday described the assault as serious offending and said the emotional abuse was "not at the lower level".</p> <p>She sentenced Geason to 100 hours of community service and recorded a conviction.</p> <p>"Your moral culpability... is high. Your love for her does not mitigate your abuse of trust," Ms Wakeling said.</p> <p>"You have not demonstrated any remorse... even following the finding of guilt."</p> <p>Geason must also continue treatment for his mental health and not leave Tasmania unless given permission by a probation officer.</p> <p>Geason's lawyer Fabiano Cangelosi told the court on Tuesday his client intended to resign and considered he no longer had the moral authority to continue serving as a judge.</p> <p>"The destruction of his public image and professional life is total," he said.</p> <p>Ms Wakeling previously found the woman to be a truthful witness and ruled Geason's version of the assault, in which he said she tripped, to be implausible.</p> <p>The woman told the court she spent months in hospital after the assault and was unable to work for eight months.</p> <p>She has since installed cameras around her home and was often "looking over her shoulder", she said in a statement to the court via video link.</p> <p>In a separate matter, Geason pleaded guilty in a NSW court to breaching an apprehended violence order and is expected to be sentenced in December.</p> </body>