Jack Wighton - Nightclub Fight (Still gets paid)

[some11]

Wait. Wighton is Aboriginal?

And since when is that grounds for leniency?

 

[mxlegend99]

Make a hell of a centre and decent punching bag in my opinion.

So a Justin Hodges clone?

 

[carcharias]

Wighton appeared in the Galambany court, a specialised court for Aboriginal offenders within the ACT Magistrates Court.

He told the Aboriginal elders in the sentencing circle hisfamily had paid the price for his actions.


This is the bit I find extraordinary.
I was under the impression a court like this was for in house offences.
Eg aboriginal people who break the law in their own communities against other aborigines.

Usually a very isolated area on restricted aboriginal lands.

Not for NRL players getting blind in the Canberra cbd and trying pick a fight.

 

[Canard]

I understated the whole cheat thing but dirty? f**k off.. wightons an entitled cat that thinks he runs his haunt in ACT, grade A wanker.

f**k Jack Wighton, hope he never plays again and is bankrupt for the rest of his life.

And LOL at the Sharks not being thug players.

 

[carcharias]

f**k Jack Wighton, hope he never plays again and is bankrupt for the rest of his life.

And LOL at the Sharks not being thug players.

Actually the sharks have a good record of sacking better players for less.

 

[Canard]

Actually the sharks have a good record of sacking better players for less.

That's completely unrelated to the point I'm discussing, which was a Broncos fan whining that a Sharks player was hard done by, because someone punched him during a game.

 

[carcharias]

Completely unrelated to the point I'm discussing.

What is your point?
Did someone say sharks players weren’t thugs?

 

[Canard]

What is your point?
Did someone say sharks players weren’t thugs?

Your mate IBM claimed a thug Stark player was hard done by.

Boo f**king hoo

 

[Bobby DIGital]

As a Raiders fan, I feel he should be sacked and deregistered for life. He's an absolute disgrace to the game and my club. He's the one clown we should have sacked, yet we keep and protect him.

 

[carcharias]

Your mate IBM claimed a thug Stark player was hard done by.

Boo f**king hoo

He is not my mate
And Feki is hardly a thug
Wighton couldn’t handle being tackled and carried in like a bitch .

 

[grouch]

What a shitstain. Should be booed every away game next year

 

[Chief_Chujo]

Wighton appeared in the Galambany court, a specialised court for Aboriginal offenders within the ACT Magistrates Court.

He told the Aboriginal elders in the sentencing circle hisfamily had paid the price for his actions.


This is the bit I find extraordinary.
I was under the impression a court like this was for in house offences.
Eg aboriginal people who break the law in their own communities against other aborigines.

Usually a very isolated area on restricted aboriginal lands.

Not for NRL players getting blind in the Canberra cbd and trying pick a fight.

Nah. It's an attempt to deal with the large amount of offending and recidivism in the aboriginal community. The Elders give them a dressing down and come up with a sentence. The Magistrate still has to agree with the sentence, so its not a get out of jail free card.
I guess the idea is that the Elders have a better chance of getting through to the offenders. Whether it works or not, no idea.

IIRC you cant just turn up if you have no involvement in the aboriginal community. So if you're 1/8th but have never associated with that part of your family it's not available.

 

[carcharias]

Nah. It's an attempt to deal with the large amount of offending and recidivism in the aboriginal community. The Elders give them a dressing down and come up with a sentence. The Magistrate still has to agree with the sentence, so its not a get out of jail free card.
I guess the idea is that the Elders have a better chance of getting through to the offenders. Whether it works or not, no idea.

IIRC you cant just turn up if you have no involvement in the aboriginal community. So if you're 1/8th but have never associated with that part of your family it's not available.

Yeah but I thought this was meant more for people living in aboriginal communities.

 

[LineBall]

What a shitstain. Should be booed every away game next year

Piss-stain would be more appropriate.

 

[Hawkins]

As a Raiders fan, I feel he should be sacked and deregistered for life. He's an absolute disgrace to the game and my club. He's the one clown we should have sacked, yet we keep and protect him.

Don't listen to him jack.

Punch on.

 

[hrundi99]

I believe his Mum is indigenous and his Dad is white.

 

[nick87]

He is not my mate
And Feki is hardly a thug
Wighton couldn’t handle being tackled and carried in like a bitch .

I believe the magistrate in this case (rightly) gave Wighton a break on sentencing because giving Feki the business was deemed (again, rightly) to be a service to the community.

 

[Fire]

Galambany Court

The specialist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Galambany Circle Sentencing process has existed as part of the ACT Magistrates Court jurisdiction since 2004, when it was named the Ngambra Circle Sentencing Court. The change of name from ‘Ngambra’ to ‘Galambany’ was recommended by participants in the Circle Court and agreed to by the ACT Elected Body and Ngunnawal Council of Elders in 2010. Galambany means ‘we all, including you’. It is an inclusive word that recognises the various origins of people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent living on Ngunnawal country today. It is also inclusive of non Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, many of whom support the functions and operations of the Circle Court.

The purpose of the Circle Sentencing Court is to provide a culturally relevant sentencing option in the ACT Magistrates Court jurisdiction for eligible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have offended.
The specialist Circle Sentencing process gives the ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community an opportunity to work collaboratively with the ACT criminal justice system to address over representation issues and offending behaviour.

The Circle Court differs from mainstream sentencing processes in a number of ways:

- The Circle Court Magistrate sits alongside panel members and Elders who are invited by the Magistrate to contribute to the sentencing process;

- Panel members and Elders contribute to the process in a variety of ways and have a major role in explaining culturally relevant details to the Court; and

- Panel members and Elders also have a role to let the defendant know that they do not accept or tolerate criminal behaviour in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community. They also have an opportunity to speak with the defendant to explore ways in which criminal behaviour can be avoided in the future.

The Galambany Court has led and has capacity to continue to enhance relationships between the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community and the ACT criminal justice system.

https://www.courts.act.gov.au/magistrates/courts/galambany_court

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Black, white or brindle, you're going to try and get the lightest sentence you can get.

That's what solicitors and barristers are for.

 

[carcharias]

I believe the magistrate in this case (rightly) gave Wighton a break on sentencing because giving Feki the business was deemed (again, rightly) to be a service to the community.

Nah
Gallen yes
Feki no way