Two Great Britain rugby league stars were warned on Thursday they faced jail after admitting assault.
Adjourning sentencing for pre-sentence reports, Deputy District Judge Nick Watson told Pryce and Reardon: "You need to understand that a prison sentence is what I have in mind at the moment for this offence."
Two Great Britain rugby league stars were warned on Thursday they faced jail after admitting assault.
Adjourning sentencing for pre-sentence reports, Deputy District Judge Nick Watson told Pryce and Reardon: "You need to understand that a prison sentence is what I have in mind at the moment for this offence."
Much as I dislike LP, it looks to me like it's been blown up out of all proportion.
After shouting at his wife and calling her insulting names, Reardon grabbed her arm "momentarily", causing three bruises.
Pryce, from Bradford, then pushed O'Brien, who had armed himself with a rounders bat "for his own protection", causing him to stumble backwards and hit his head and neck on a pedal bin.
GeoffN wrote:
Much as I dislike LP, it looks to me like it's been blown up out of all proportion.
Having read the full article it looks to me the judge is basing his sentence on what he perceives the intent was not the actual outcome. He does not accept their excuses.
They did after all force entry by breaking the door down and had to go out of their way to confront the couple.
GeoffN wrote:
Much as I dislike LP, it looks to me like it's been blown up out of all proportion.
Having read the full article it looks to me the judge is basing his sentence on what he perceives the intent was not the actual outcome. He does not accept their excuses.
They did after all force entry by breaking the door down and had to go out of their way to confront the couple.
Dave
Not sure how the law stands on that, but there's only so far "intent" can be taken; the actual injuries seem to be trivial. Trespass/breaking and entering, yeah, but assault (as distinct from ABH/GBH) rarely gets a jail sentence.
Offence could be classed as aggravated burglary due to the fact that the victims were in their own home at the time and threatened with violence. This usually incurs a harsher sentence than burglary alone.
Unfortunately, there have been other incidents which have reflected less well on him. In 2003, he was sentenced to 120 hours community service after admitting to using a glass in a clash with a former member of the Bradford coaching staff.
doc wrote:Offence could be classed as aggravated burglary due to the fact that the victims were in their own home at the time and threatened with violence. This usually incurs a harsher sentence than burglary alone.
Very true, this is far more serious than just grabing someones arm and pushin someone against a bin,
Could be also breaking and entering,
Dont wana see the lad in jail, but christ it would be a laugh for a week or so to take the pee out of them lot.
