By NOEL MURPHY
The former administrator of a popular Geelong history Facebook page, Jason Trickey, has lost an appeal against a four-month jail sentence for bashing his ex-girlfriend.
County Court Judge Jane Campton last week upheld Trickey’s six-month sentence from April, with two months suspended, for recklessly causing injury.
Trickey was also sentenced on a count of criminal damage to seven days’ jail to be served concurrently, effectively giving him four months behind bars.
The 41-year-old self-styled social media guru and IT consultant criticised police for insufficient resources three years ago when he was attacked at Corio.
More recently, he posted to Facebook images of himself in a neckbrace while in hospital after sustaining injuries in another bashing earlier this year.
He also posted images of facial injuries he sustained last year in an undisclosed incident.
Trickey used the Facebook page to regularly comment on public affairs and to speak out against violence.
The site’s new administrators declined to comment on Trickey.
