Liam Jurrah jailed for assault
Date
May 8, 2014 - 6:20PM
DARWIN: Former AFL player Liam Jurrah has been jailed for at least three months for assaulting his wife.
The 25-year-old former Melbourne forward pleaded guilty on Thursday at the Alice Springs Magistrates Court to two counts of aggravated assault, breaching a domestic violence order and driving while disqualified in another state.
He will serve at least three months of a five-month sentence, and was fined $450 for breaching his DVO and $550 for his driving offence.
Jurrah got into a fight with his wife while drinking to celebrate victory in a local football grand final late last month and kicked down a door, punching her in the face and kicking her while she lay on the ground.
He was jailed for three months last year for a similar offence in Alice Springs, assaulting a woman who threw a rock at his car.
Jurrah was also involved in a high speed chase with police in December during which he was clocked doing 140km/h in a 100-kilometre zone as a disqualified driver.
Jurrah is required to enter into an alcohol rehabilitation program.
Once the program is completed, he is banned from entering Alice Springs without the permission of a probation officer for a 12-month period.
Jurrah is also not permitted to drink while on probation.
He will be eligible for release on July 21.
AAP
