A Fijian rugby league player, who was sentenced to jail for punching his opponent in the head and breaking his jaw, will not go to jail after the court accepted he was provoked by the victim with a punch to the face and a racial slur.
He'd then told the ABC that he was"really annoyed and disappointed that he [Mr Cama] claimed he was racially abused and that he was punched first"."I'm glad that he has pled guilty and taken some accountability for his actions," Mr Holman added.
The victim's family also voiced concern that a 14-week suspension against Mr Cama from the league was"disgraceful" and"inadequate". However during an appeal against the severity of the prison sentence in Newcastle District Court today, prosecuting solicitor Brad Godson advised the court that the Crown had accepted that"reprehensible" acts of provocation had in fact occurred.
His Honour found that during the rugby league game, Mr Holman had"struck Mr Cama in the right side of the forehead, which caused the appellant [Mr Cama] to go back to the ground, and then called him a black dog, before Mr Cama then punched him several times on the ground".
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