File picture of Angel Cabrera.© AFP
Argentine golf champion Angel Cabrera was on Monday convicted for the second time of assaulting an ex-partner.
The 53-year-old winner of two of golf’s majors was sentenced final 12 months to 2 years in jail for assaulting his former accomplice Cecilia Torres and stealing her cell phone.
On Monday he was sentenced to a different two years and 4 months — to run concurrently — for assaulting Micaela Escudero.
“Many say jail is unhealthy, nevertheless it’s not the case, jail has accomplished me good,” Cabrera mentioned throughout the trial within the central metropolis of Cordoba, in line with native press.
Cabrera, identified affectionately as “El Pato” (the duck) attributable to his gait, gained the 2007 US Open and 2009 Masters — nonetheless the one Latin American to have gained both.
After he was accused by ex companions, Cabrera was arrested in Rio de Janeiro in January 2021 and extradited to Argentina in June that 12 months earlier than he was convicted the next month.
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