The judge acknowledged the harm to the woman by saying:
"there can be no doubt that this has had a huge impact on her"
But the prat went on to say:
"However the impact of a conviction and publication of his name would have a greater consequence than the weight of the charges".
This idiot judge asserted that the teenager's (the sportsman) ability to travel freely would be a "significant inconvenience" and a conviction would also affect future job prospects as he had been offered semi-professional sporting contracts overseas.
The scrote was discharged without conviction and made to pay some money as reparation.
Well, I for one am pissed-off about this. There have been too many instances of this happening both recently and in the past (a nasty-mannered All Black and Kiwi rugby league player was similarly discharged without conviction even though he robbed a taxi driver at knife point 30 odd years ago).
What is it with these judges in New Zealand who think that being a sports-person is so much more important than what other people do and is worthy of ignoring criminal behaviour.
If sports people want to be respected they have to earn it. They are, after all, role models for younger people unfortunately.
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i agree
I see a rich 'A lister' (I hate that term - he's just a spoilt 19 year old c**t with parents who've made a fortune in the wine industry) got community service after beating a police woman senseless. Yes - a woman. He punched here repeatedly in the head, knocking her unconscious and she still suffers from headaches and trauma after more than a year. So the judge gives 'community' service instead of incarceration.
At least the judge didn't allow the submission for a non conviction as the lawyer asked for. The 'smart' Auckland lawyer requested no conviction so that the 'poor' scrote could pursue an international career in financial management and to be able to go around the world sailing the family racing yacht.
Gibe us a break!
'gibe' was a typo but in the yachting context it's apt.
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