I suppose and for trespassing. He still won't go to jail though, I would bet every single dollar that I have that he will not see a day behind bars. Unless he is a repeat offender, a wanted criminal etc., AFAIK there is no precedent in Australia that somebody has been sent to jail for pitch invasion.
Unprovoked, he willfully assulted an unsuspecting victim in front of God knows how many witnesses. He has to go down.
Judges seem loath to send people to jail for assault. People glass each other in a pub (get a beer glass and smash into some person's face, causing some nasty facial injuries) and still have not been sent to jail. Produce a sob story about how sorry you are, and it works. We don't have mandatory sentencing and the three strikes policy in America (not in Queensland and not anywhere else that I know of).
I personally find it ridiculous that someone could get jail time for assault alone (i.e. no ABH, first-time offence). Seems the rest of the forum don't agree.
Generally, that's the way it's applied practically too. Rape, for example, has a max penalty of life imprisonment but rarely do persons who commit it see anywhere near that sort of penalty.
I prefer to live in a society where unprovoked attacks on a person are unacceptable and are dealt with as such.
Jeez. That's harsh. My sister's been accused of assault before after having a fight with my Mum. My mother eventually dropped the charges, but the idea of her going to jail if found guilty just looks like Fascism to me.
Yeah, that's true. I'd be happy for rape to be punished much more harshly though. It's a much more serious crime. Everyone has a few mates who get into the odd fight. You never have a mate who likes the occasional bit of rape once in a while.
Dunno, I know a few footballers....
Considering your views on home burglery, it seems odd. I'd consider it a much worse thing if someone came from behind and started beating me up or something than if someone came into my house and stole my iPhone.
Might have been said already, but they need security who is less concerned with popping beach balls and stopping beer snakes and more concerned with protecting the players.
I know it's odd. This is exactly why I can't vote for anyone in elections
. But even regarding burglary I'm not in favour of ridiculously strict sentences, I'm just happy to write off any injury or death that happens to occur to them while on the job as their own god damn fault.
They're full of Pommie backpackers tbh...Is there some good reason why Australians are so unwilling to put convicts in jail?
I think you're confusing jails with unmarked graves in the outback.
Will be great when the ball hits one, won't it? And with any luck it might take out a visiting player or two...I think you're confusing jails with unmarked graves in the outback.
On topic though, I think setting up an exclusion zone of 4-5 metres around the outfield and strategically placing land-mines should do the trick.
