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A 34-year-old man got four to five years in prison Thursday for not letting a woman leave a Lincoln home for several hours.

She eventually was able to get away when he made her drive him to the hospital after he hurt his hand beating her.

Lancaster County District Judge John Colborn sentenced Christopher M. Stewart for first-degree false imprisonment. He had pleaded guilty.

In court records, Lincoln police say a 27-year-old woman told them Stewart woke up about 2 a.m. April 19 and started yelling about her being online, then broke her computer tablet. When she tried to leave, he beat her for about an hour, she said. She said he took her cellphone and car keys and said her punishment would last three days.

She got away and went to her mother's house when Stewart made her take him to CHI St. Elizabeth for his injured hand. Her mother took her to Bryan West Campus for her injuries.

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