Former NRL star Sam Burgess has intimidation conviction overturned
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abc.net.auPosted Mar 19, 2021, 3:07 AM UTC
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abc.net.auWhat a classy photo they chose there. I know it’s a serious subject but looks like the man has just seen a steamy snag and is starving
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hahahahahaha
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Probably a bag
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Former South Sydney NRL captain Sam Burgess has had a conviction for intimidation against his former father-in-law overturned by a NSW appeals court.
Burgess, 31, was in February convicted of intimidating his ex-father-in-law Mitchell Hooke when he stood within 20 centimetres of him and threatened to "get" him during a dispute at a home in the NSW Southern Highlands in 2019.
Today in a NSW District Court in Goulburn, Justice Mark Williams ruled that Burgess's evidence that the intimidation did not happen should have been considered as a reasonable possibility, before quashing his conviction.
Justice Williams noted that Burgess's ex-wife Phoebe and her father had spoken to lawyers before Ms Hooke made a triple-0 call about the incident.
The judge also said that the case left open the substantial possibility that Mr Hooke was fabricating evidence to help in his daughter's family law case against Burgess.
Burgess retired that year after a 270-game NRL and English Super League career.
He stood down from roles as a commentator and South Sydney assistant coach in October last year.
More to come.
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Incredible that he was convicted based on a he said/ she said story.
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Okay so 1 all , if i was Sam i would be going cap in hand and trying to settle a truce , it just might save whatever cred he has left and might just save his potential earnings over the coming years in both coaching and in the media , the more money Sam earns the more he has to pay Pheobe, the more comfortable her life is , limit his earnings and she is wringing an already dry cloth, surely that makes sense for everyone !
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It’s such a shame that in today’s society anyone can call the cops on you and you are guilty until proven innocent i bet this shit cost him hundreds of thousands of dollars when he didn’t actually do it fuck society
Whether he did it or not remains to be seen and adjudicated on. This is a single judge decision which can be appealed, and therefore overturned.
It was just overturned on appeal... How many times can you appeal an appeal?
This was a decision in the NSW District Court, there's the NSW Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeal above it. Not familiar with NSW criminal procedure so I don't know which one it goes to but there is at least 1 more level of appeal.
Theoretically the matter could even go to the High Court of Australia but that's probably quite unlikely.
There is no right of appeal from a judge of the District Court to a higher court when they sit in review of a decision of a magistrate*
• unless there is an alleged jurisdictional error. Don’t ask.
Depends on the court. But in this instance it can go another two rounds, although very unlikely to go the fourth round (the High Court).
Interesting, cheers. Can't imagine a guy like Hooke would drop it by choice, so probably not the last we have heard of the intimidation charge.
There is no right of appeal from a judge of the District Court to a higher court when they sit in review of a decision of a magistrate*
Yeah, he probably hasn't seen his kids since that day in Bowral either. So I don't think Sam is concerned abt the coin. Hooke should be charged..
He was arrested last month for drug driving on the way to see his kids, this is nonsense
that does not change the fact that Sam (knob end that he is) seems to have been wrongly accused
wrongly accused in this instance but he's clearly still a fuckwit who is unfit to be around his children
No, the judge said there was another motive that undermined the evidence given by Hooke, which meant the jury’s verdict that he was guilty beyond reasonable doubt could not have been reached according to the law.
I was responding to some rubbish about him never getting to see his kids so your comment is tangential to mine anyway.
eh just cause it was overturned doesnt mean it didnt happen. Its just that certain evidence was not allowed to be presented when it shuld have been,
Therefore its a mistrial = conviction overturned. They can either recharge him or carry on. This does not at all show Hooke was lying.
Forgetting he was just caught drug-driving whilst on-route to pick his kids up from a school recently..... real model of innocence.
Didnt he blow a really high reading when picking up his kids at a primary school?
Fuck that cunt!
Great justice worked, but i hope he goes to jail for driving maggot around kids
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OK, so your vitriol is understandable.
You obviously know all the facts so please share as you are perfect.
Enlighten the planet with your all seeing wisdom... Pls share 🤭
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