Former Home and Away star facing jail time for assaults on a woman

A former Home and Away star is facing further time behind bars after pleading guilty to a string of assaults on a woman. Orpheus Pledger, 31, faced Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Monday via video link from custody at Ravenhall Correctional Centre two months after he was arrested while on the run from a court ordered hospital visit. Police prosecutor Fionnuala Kennedy said Pledger attacked the victim repeatedly over a three-month period at a house in Melbourne’s north with one of …