A MAN from north Somerset has dodged jail after strangling a woman at a Hampshire family festival.
Richard Godwin, of Lyddon Road, Weston-super-Mare, was handed a 12-month sentence, suspended for 18 months at Winchester Crown Court on Friday, March 1.
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Godwin, 49, pleaded guilty to the intentional strangulation of a woman at CarFest at Laverstoke Park Farm, in Overton near Basingstoke, on August 27.
Judge Adam Feest KC ordered him to pay £2,000 and enforced a restraining order. Godwin was represented by defence barrister Samantha Ball.
The victim cannot be named for legal reasons.
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