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.
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