Dragons playmaker Junior Amone has been served a no-fault stand-down discover by the NRL after he was hit with a raft of prices regarding an alleged hammer assault.
The 20-year-old’s courtroom case was adjourned till March 1 on Wednesday — solely a day earlier than the NRL season formally begins.
Amone was charged with inflicting reckless grievous bodily hurt in firm, damaging property and stalking following an alleged occasion in November final yr.
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The Dragons confirmed the no-fault stand-down coverage was served on Wednesday afternoon and Amone will now be unable to take the sphere till his matter is resolved.
The coverage was activated as a result of size of Amone’s potential jail sentence if discovered responsible — with the reckless grievous bodily hurt in firm cost carrying a possible penalty of 14 years in jail.
The threshold for the NRL’s coverage at the moment sits at 11 years or extra.
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Amone will be capable of prepare along with his teammates and might be provided wellbeing help throughout the interval he’s stood down, whereas the Red V membership will make “no further comment until the court process is completed”.
According to the SMH, Amone employed high-profile lawyer Elias Tabchourie who had contacted the NRL Integrity Unit hoping to keep away from his consumer being stood down.
Charges had been laid after an incident which occurred close to Amone’s Warrawong house, concerning the place a tradesman had parked his ute.
Police allege the younger five-eighth, his father and an unnamed man, armed with hammer, adopted a 39-year-old man onto a roof earlier than he fell two metres.