Manly Sea Eagles hooker Manase Fainu has lost his freedom four days after a jury found him guilty of stabbing a church leader outside a Mormon charity event. 9News
On Monday, Judge Nanette Williams granted a detention application by crown prosecutors, rejecting a bid by Fainu to remain out on bail until a sentence hearing on October 7.
Last week, the once rising NRL star was found guilty of stabbing church youth leader Faamanu Levi in a brawl outside a dance in Wattle Grove, Sydney late at night on October 25, 2019. She said he had been considered a highly promising rugby league player who was on track to earn a massive salary to support his parents and eight siblings.Thanks to the National Rugby League's no fault stand down policy, this was all stripped away once he was charged and arrested, the court heard.
Fainu's counsellor Jan Earl of Elite Athlete Wellbeing Services spoke of the footballer's decline in mental health after losing not only his spot on the Manly team but also his role as family breadwinner."You are shunned like a black cat. There is no money, there is no assistance and this caused great distress to Manese and his family," she said.
He felt great shame and remorse over what had occurred and required time to work as a labourer to financially support his family and help pay his legal bills, the judge was told.
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