Former Australian Take a look at batter Michael Slater had fees of home violence disregarded on psychological well being grounds in a Sydney native court docket on Wednesday.
Justice of the Peace Ross Hudson ordered Slater to go through a 12-month remedy plan below the care of a physician.
The 52-year-old Slater, who labored as a tv commentator after retiring from global cricket, used to be charged through New South Wales state police closing October with stalking and intimidation of his ex-partner.
He later breached a restraining order through the use of a cell phone to name and ship dozens of textual content messages to his ex-partner and, in December, used to be ordered to test right into a psychological well being facility as a situation of bail.
Slater didn’t seem in Waverley Native Court docket on Wednesday.
The Australian Broadcasting Corp. quoted the Justice of the Peace as announcing there have been “vital adjustments” in Slater’s instances since December and the previous cricket famous person “has known his want to keep medicated and to stick on best of his psychological well being.”
The ABC reported the court docket used to be instructed Slater have been identified with main depressive dysfunction, alcohol habit, borderline character dysfunction and ADHD, and had spent greater than 100 days in psychological well being amenities.
Slater performed 74 cricket exams for Australia from 1993-2001, scoring 5,312 runs at a median of just about 43.
