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Disgraced AFL footballer Nicky Winmar jailed for assaulting woman Disgraced footballer Nicky Winmar has been jailed for assaulting a woman in northern Victoria last year. Last month, Winmar was found guilty of three counts of assault after he smashed a woman's head against a door and dragged her by the hair in Cohuna, north of Bendigo. At a plea hearing earlier this month, the victim, who cannot be identified, said Winmar's attack had left her a "shadow of the person" she was.
Disgraced AFL footballer Nicky Winmar jailed for assaulting woman
Disgraced footballer Nicky Winmar has been jailed for assaulting a woman in northern Victoria last year.
Last month, Winmar was found guilty of three counts of assault after he smashed a woman's head against a door and dragged her by the hair in Cohuna, north of Bendigo.
At a plea hearing earlier this month, the victim, who cannot be identified, said Winmar's attack had left her a "shadow of the person" she was.
Winmar has since been removed from the Australian Football Hall of Fame and a bronze statue of his response to racist abuse, which stood outside Perth Stadium in his home state, has been removed.
Today the 60-year-old was handed a six-month jail sentence with a 12-month community corrections order to be completed upon his release.
Winmar's lawyers immediately appealed the sentence in the Bendigo Magistrates' Court.
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