Supreme court judge Gregory Geason found guilty of assaulting former partner

Magistrate finds Geason's story - that the woman hit her head while possibly inebriated - contrived'

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A supreme court judge has been found guilty of assaulting his former partner by shaking her, pushing her into a mantelpiece as well as emotionally abusing and intimidating her.

Gregory Geason, a Tasmanian justice who has been on leave from his duties, denied the charges and faced a seven-day hearing in Hobart magistrates court in July.

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