<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Exclusive:</span></strong><span> A violent British national </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/terry-phillips-jailed-for-assaulting-former-partner-spending-rest-of-sentence-in-queensland/bcd2843d-cb6e-4ab2-9a51-f4ef58769f79" rel="" target="_blank" title="who was convicted of attacking his pregnant partner"><span>who was convicted of attacking his pregnant partner</span></a><span> and her children is now being deported from Australia.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/terry-phillips-family-abuse-jailed-assaulting-woman-and-her-children/1d83a610-5a70-4771-b473-bd0ad06df1e6" rel="" target="" title="Terry Phillips"><span>Terry Phillips</span></a><span> was allowed to move to Queensland on a community corrections order after pleading guilty to a long list of charges relating to his former partner Nadine Hams, her children and another female victim.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Phillips, 41, was sentenced to nine months and 21 days behind bars and upon release in Victoria he was placed on a 15-month community corrections order.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/us-president-donald-trump-calls-out-time-magazine-for-cover-photo/471e0287-ffc3-49ee-bceb-910c851f8efb" target="_blank"><strong><span>'May be the Worst of All Time': Trump slams magazine for portrait</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He applied to serve the rest of his sentence in Mackay, where Hams previously said he was allowed to roam "free".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"[He's been] working in mines, making a fortune, no curfews, the address he had down with the corrections officer wasn't even where he was living," Hams told 9News at the time.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Just a free man."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/terry-phillips-jailed-for-assaulting-former-partner-deported-from-australia-after-plea-to-home-affairs-minister/3b109840-9dc3-4109-a6df-731c7df3889f" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>After Hams pleaded with the Australian government to deport him back to the UK, she received a surprise call from Home Affairs minister Tony Burke.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Burke personally told Hams the government had cancelled Phillips' visa.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/spider-man-outfit-found-at-beach-property-in-dunbogan-not-linked-to-missing-toddler-william-tyrrell/8227de78-cb93-4bb7-afa9-cde33bc91208" target="_blank"><strong><span>Heartbreaking William Tyrrell update after Spider-Man suit found</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I had a meltdown in the car, I was hysterical crying and beside myself because I thought, you know, I didn't really think it would happen," Hams told 9News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I was lost for words actually... I just thanked him and thanked him."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Phillips is now awaiting deportation back to the UK after being picked up by border force officials.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It could take weeks or even months now for him to leave the country.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hams spent two years campaigning to get her abusive ex-partner kicked out of the country.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/gladstone-queensland-house-fire/f767b7b3-0dc0-42af-8a56-de66c3317c65" target="_blank"><strong><span>Woman and two children dead after 'horrific' house fire in central Queensland</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It was kind of a miracle that it actually happened, yeah, cos I wasn't gonna give up," she added.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It wasn't just for me, it was for past girlfriends and things like that that made me fight harder, not everyone has the courage to come forward so it became a fight for all of us."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Burke told 9News that anyone living in Australia on a visa should be expected to abide by the law.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"If someone's on a visa I expect them to treat Australians with respect and when they don't I check against the Migration Act and see if there are grounds for cancellation, and if there are you can leave," Burke said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>There are now calls for a national family violence register to monitor high-risk offenders.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Support is available from the</span></strong><span> </span><strong><span>National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service</span></strong><span> </span><strong><span>at</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.1800respect.org.au/" title="https://www.1800respect.org.au/"><strong><span>1800RESPECT (1800 737 732)</span></strong></a><strong><span>.</span></strong></div></div>