BENNINGTON — A convicted habitual offender most recently charged with domestic assault in 2022, while already out on probation for a prior domestic assault charge in 2015, was released on supervision Tuesday following his sentencing hearing.

George Murphy, 54, was already out on furlough on a domestic assault dating back to 2015 when he re-offended again in 2022 by choking his domestic partner.

In a Bennington courtroom Tuesday morning, Murphy, who pleaded guilty to a felony charge of aggravated domestic assault, was officially sentenced after a plea deal was reached earlier this year. Murphy was sentenced, according to Department of Corrections calculations, to 166 days to 20 years behind bars. Since Murphy had been held without bail for at least that duration, Bennington Probation and

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