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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: Infamy on July 30, 2008, 02:28:34 PM
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July 30, 2008 12:33pm
FORMER Richmond AFL player Andrew Krakouer has been sentenced to a minimum 16 months in jail for a serious assault in Fremantle in late 2006.
Krakouer was sentenced today in the West Australian District Court in Perth to 32 months in prison after a mandatory one-third discount on his sentence was taken into account.
The sentence has been backdated to June 18 this year, when Krakouer was convicted of the assault on 24-year-old Justin Martin outside a nightclub in Fremantle in December 2006.
Krakouer's younger brother Tyrone was today sentenced to a maximum 16 months in prison, with a minimum eight months, for his part in the assault.
Andrew Krakouer was found guilty of assault with intent to cause bodily harm, while Tyrone was found guilty of a lesser assault charge.
During the trial, Mr Martin had admitted to "king-hitting" Krakouer in 2001 as part of a long-standing feud between female members of his own family and the Krakouer clan.
Mr Martin said when the pair next met outside the Harbourside nightclub in Fremantle, Krakouer challenged him to a fight, saying, "let's sort it out now".
Prosecutor Bruno Fiannaca told the trial that Mr Martin was left in a coma after the fight and had suffered ongoing psychological problems.
Krakouer, from a famous footballing family, was delisted from the AFL after playing 102 matches and kicking 102 goals for Richmond.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24101067-2,00.html (http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24101067-2,00.html)
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Is this a case of the apple not falling to far from the tree ?
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Personally I think the punishment is pretty harsh
Mustn't have had a very good lawyer, that or racism is alive and well in WA
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Personally I think the punishment is pretty harsh
Mustn't have had a very good lawyer, that or racism is alive and well in WA
Were you in court for the trial? If you weren't how do you arrive at that view?
I posted two months ago that an unbiased Barrister friend of mine who specializes in work for the Aboriginal Legal Service predicted that he'd get 18 months with parole and he was spot on.
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punching on with a sh itman who previously king hit u is far different than running lou reed over the Border for Eddie McGuire :rollin
Good on krak for standing up for himself.
imo the bloke deserved it
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omg we agreed on something
:banghead
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punching on with a sh itman who previously king hit u is far different than running lou reed over the Border for Eddie McGuire :rollin
Good on krak for standing up for himself.
imo the bloke deserved it
That's a joke ......right?
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punching on with a sh itman who previously king hit u is far different than running lou reed over the Border for Eddie McGuire :rollin
Good on krak for standing up for himself.
imo the bloke deserved it
That's a joke ......right?
No....
If someone king hit me I'd be hard pressed to hold back from smashing his head in down the track.
I reckon the story about the other bloke having mental problems has nothing to with the assault,just more money and a sympathetic outcome.
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punching on with a sh itman who previously king hit u is far different than running lou reed over the Border for Eddie McGuire :rollin
Good on krak for standing up for himself.
imo the bloke deserved it
That's a joke ......right?
No....
If someone king hit me I'd be hard pressed to hold back from smashing his head in down the track.
I reckon the story about the other bloke having mental problems has nothing to with the assault,just more money and a sympathetic outcome.
Bizarre?
He was a good tackle.
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tragic for a young fella, l think he copped it too harsh.
l seen repeat killer drink drivers get less so where is the justice in our society
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Wasn't there a thread already on this topic in General Discussion?