That's why I put the imgur link so that people can see the two photos of him available. For some reason I cannot find his mugshot and google search results are useless.

https://imgur.com/a/9h7Yqfa

Religion was the perfect loophole apparently.

He should have been charged with attempted murder IMO.

It matters because the grandfather most likely lied under oath to protect his grandson and has connections in law enforcement. He was the only witness the defence called. The woman's own boss saw her the next week covered in bruises and very obviously distraught. No way for that to happen without the grandfather hearing anything in the house.

"He was found guilty of of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery, malicious destruction of property and witness intimidation."

This was his second offence, the first was when he secretly taped a woman during sex with a hidden camera and then when she broke up with him forwarded the tape to her new boyfriend. He was on parole when he attacked his new girlfriend.

The fact that he did this after already receiving a year sentence and being on parole for his first offence of taping another woman during sex with a hidden camera and then when she dumped him forwarding the video to her new boyfriend really says everything. He is escalating his behavior with this attack. He was found guilty of of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery, malicious destruction of property and witness intimidation.