A man who raped and tortured his former partner over a long weekend occasionally took breaks so he and his victim could play board games and host a barbecue, a court has been told.
The 38-year-old man flew into a rage and attacked his ex-partner after she told him she was embarking on a new relationship, the Brisbane District Court was told on Tuesday.
He assaulted the 39-year-old woman on three occasions between August 2008 and January 2009.
The abuse culminated on the Australia Day long weekend when he spent four days raping and torturing the woman at her home at Redcliffe.
The court was told he subjected her to systematic and degrading assaults, punching and urinating on her, threatening her with knives and a meat cleaver, and sexually abusing her with a baseball bat.
The abuse occasionally ceased so the pair could engage in what Judge Richard Jones described as "bizarre episodes of consensual socialising".
The court was told they had consensual sex on one occasion, hosted a barbecue, and played board games before the man would continue his assault.
The woman suffered extensive injuries and reported her ex-partner to police, who arrested him on January 27.
He pleaded guilty on Tuesday to two counts of rape, one of torture and three of assault occasioning bodily harm.
"It was almost unimaginable and shameful and, in fact, cowardly behaviour on your part," Judge Jones told the man.
He sentenced him to a maximum seven years' jail, but ordered he be released in May next year after it was revealed he had already served 617 days in pre-sentence custody.
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