The Manly Sea Eagles hooker was taken into custody on Monday, four days after a jury found him guilty of stabbing a man in a Sydney church car park in 2019.
NRL player Manase Fainu has been detained ahead of sentencing for stabbing a Mormon youth leader in a Sydney church car park, despite his lawyers arguing his case was exceptional, and he had suffered an “unthinkable downfall”.of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, which carries a maximum penalty of 25 years’ imprisonment.Edwina Pickles
The judge was concerned by the lapse in time since he had last sought psychiatric treatment and that he had been resistant as recently as the weekend, and said a significant amount of time had passed for Fainu to prepare himself mentally and financially for custody.Wolter Peeters “He also makes the point that, these last three years, his absence in the NRL can never be retrieved,” Cunneen said.
She argued Fainu would struggle to adjust in custody, having “suffered a most enormous downfall, an unthinkable downfall”, and his father had taken ill with suspected heart problems after the verdict.Counsellor Jan Earl, who runs Elite Athletes Wellbeing Services, said Fainu developed a dependence on prescription drugs after shoulder surgery in 2019 but had been sober since 2020 and did not drink alcohol as it was against his church values.
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