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hewi

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Proving you don’t need a long neck and feathers to be a goose.

Ex-NRL playmaker Junior Amone fails to overturn hammer attack conviction​

Former St George Illawarra playmaker Junior Amone has failed to overturn his conviction for a hammer attack, once again leaving his NRL career in limbo.
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April 26, 2024 - 11:15AM
NCA NewsWire


NRL young gun Junior Amone and his father Talatau Amone leaving Wollongong Local Court on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, after pleading not guilty to charges relating to an alleged hammer attack in 2022.
Ex-NRL playmaker Junior Amone has failed to overturn his conviction for a rooftop hammer attack that saw his St George Illawarra contract torn up.
Amone, 22, appeared in Sydney’s Downing Centre District Court on Friday where a judge dismissed his appeal against his conviction relating to a heated incident outside his family’s Warrawong home in November 2022.
Junior Amone and his father, Talatau Amone, were in October last year both found guilty of a string of charges including assault occasioning bodily harm.
Magistrate Gabriel Fleming found the pair guilty of all charges after the court was told tradesmen Jai King and Dean West were working on a house opposite the Amone home when they became embroiled in an argument with a group of men over a Nissan Navara parked on a nature strip.
Junior Amone appeared before the District Court in an attempt to overturn his conviction. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Simon Bullard.

Junior Amone appeared before the District Court in an attempt to overturn his conviction. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Simon Bullard.
The magistrate found that Junior Amone then jumped on the top of the vehicle, while his father abused and threatened the tradesmen.
Ms Fleming found Junior Amone then climbed onto the roof of the property, where the men were working, while wielding a hammer.
Mr King jumped to a neighbouring roof to escape, falling and hitting an airconditioning unit on the way down, suffering serious injuries, including a broken hand.
The magistrate found evidence tied Junior Amone to the scene - including fingerprints on the windshield - and she was satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that he was the man who chased Mr King from the rooftop.
He was found guilty of damaging property, intimidation and assault occasioning actual bodily harm and sentenced to a two year Intensive Corrections Order
On Friday, Judge William Fitzsimmons dismissed his appeal against his conviction and confirmed his convictions.
Mr Amone’s Dragons contract was torn up in the aftermath of his conviction in October last year after he was deregistered
 
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Axed Dragons star’s mental health bid dismissed over spitting charge​

Former St George Illawarra young gun Talatau Junior Amone claims he was suffering from “anxiety, irritability and feelings of worthlessness” when he allegedly spat on a woman at a popular Wollongong pub. Here’s the latest


P.S Sorry behind paywall.
 
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getsmarty said:

Axed Dragons star’s mental health bid dismissed over spitting charge​

Former St George Illawarra young gun Talatau Junior Amone claims he was suffering from “anxiety, irritability and feelings of worthlessness” when he allegedly spat on a woman at a popular Wollongong pub. Here’s the latest


P.S Sorry behind paywall.
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He can forget ever coming back to Saints. Behavior aside, LKT is a far better player and prospect.
 
Slippery Morris

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He really has nobody to blame but himself for getting into such a position he was in. We will never know how good he would have been as he had Hunt play beside him 95% of the time. He played in a poorly coached team most of his career with a poor captain and halves partner. Under a better coach and half he may have stood out more and been allowed to play his natural game.
 
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Allegedly committing an offence while serving a conviction with an ICO isn't going to help him.

I can't see how by not pleading guilty considering his mental health issues wasn't the best option.
 
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SEAT 1A said:
Allegedly committing an offence while serving a conviction with an ICO isn't going to help him.

I can't see how by not pleading guilty considering his mental health issues wasn't the best option.
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I am confident that he has no idea what good advice looks like. Surrounded by bad examples, apparently including his legal advisors.

My general advice for when you realize you have screwed the pooch.

1. Acknowledge guilt
2. Express regret
3. Apologize
4. Do not try to blatantly gaslight the court (e.g., It wasn't me on the video; I am the real victim here,...)
 
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KogarahWarrior said:
As much as I am revolted by his actions, I hope that someday he looks back on all of this with a lot of regret. He had a massive NRL contract which he hadn't even earnt the right to have yet and threw it all away just like that.
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Correct. Played his cards right and he could have set his folks, himself and his siblings up financially but he decided to be a dumb ass and throw it all away, just like he continues to act like a dumbass over and over. Clearly hasn’t learnt from all of this
 
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