The High Court in American Samoa has handed down the maximum sentence for a man convicted of the severe beating of his girlfriend in 2004.
Pete Galeai, the son of a cabinet member and paramount chief, has been jailed for five years.
The victim testified that the defendant hit her with a stick and when she tried to run away, he beat her so badly she was hospitalised for six days.
Galeai was on probation for a similar incident at the time.