Former Labor MP Kathryn Isobel Hay accused of emotionally abusing and intimidating her former husband over eight years READ MORE: Criminal Sudanese migrant who self-identifies as Aboriginal is allowed to stay in Australia By Ethan James For Australian Associated Press Published: 08:38, 28 May 2024 | Updated: 09:16, 28 May 2024 e-mail A one-time Miss Australia and former Labor politician verbally abused her husband, punched him, threatened him with violence weekly and hit him with a shoe, a court has been told. Kathryn Isobel Hay, 48, has pleaded not guilty to the emotional abuse or intimidation of then-partner Troy Shane Richardson from January 2014 to November 2022. Mr Richardson said Hay also pressured him to apply for the lifting of a family violence order against her and made him send an email to her siblings saying 'everything was his fault'.
Kathryn Hay, the 48-year-old former Member for Bass and beauty pageant winner, appeared in Launceston Magistrates Court on Tuesday Ms Hay (left) won Miss Tasmania and Miss Australia in 1999 Hay was crowned Miss Tasmania and Miss Australia in 1999 and served in Tasmania's parliament as a Labor member from 2002 to 2006. She appeared in Launceston Magistrates Court on Tuesday for the opening of a hearing expected to run for several days. Mr Richardson said the pair met in 2009 at a dog show and were married in 2012.
He described their relationship as 'all rosy' but said things deteriorated around 2013 after the birth of their second ch.
