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HISTORICAL FACTS: Tasmanian man tried to set partner on fire | History Defined

A has been jailed after choking his partner and trying to set her on fire in a decade of violence. (Ethan James/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A Tasmanian man who tried to set his partner alight and choked her until she blacked out has been sentenced to six years' jail for family violence spanning a decade.

The man, 30, who hasn't been named to protect the identity of his former partner, earlier pleaded guilty to persistent family violence.

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