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You know, you could see Paul's engagement here as a positive. Despite what I interpret as rude behaviour on the part of some, including yourself, he's returned and kept responding to questions. You may not like the responses, but quite frankly, they're the sort of responses I'd expect of a Board candidate. He's been direct, without indulging your muck-raking. Your negative campaign, as you acknowledge, seems driven by personal humbrage at "R". Maybe time to let that one go SLF? (Weren't you leaving this thread?
)In the interests of fairness, if we're citing the judgement capacity of individual candidates, let's not forget...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09...er-fined-over-assault-at-junior-match/8862798
Former North Melbourne star Glenn Archer has labelled the court process "crazy" after an outburst in court where he was convicted and fined for punching a volunteer runner at a junior football game in Melbourne's north-east.
The 44-year-old has also been ordered to pay for the man's broken glasses after pleading guilty to assault over the incident at an under-15s football match his son was playing in at the Heidelberg Football Ground in June.
The Heidelberg Magistrates Court was told Archer had earlier run onto the field and had an argument with an umpire who was trying to break up a fight between the former AFL player's son and another player.
The runner was later telling Archer he was not allowed onto the field during a game when he punched the volunteer official in the face, breaking his glasses, the court heard.
Archer's lawyer Andrew Harris told the court his client should escape any penalty except paying $955 to replace his victim's glasses.
Mr Harris said Archer was aware he was looked up to by members of the public, had apologised through the media and "learnt his lesson". "All that's occurred is some glasses have been broken," he said.
But in convicting and fining Archer $2,000, Magistrate Cathy Lamble said surely he understood a greater penalty was appropriate. "It is such a bad example for young people playing sport, it's such a bad example to other parents," she told the court.
Her ruling prompted an outburst from Archer who stood and asked the magistrate if he could defend himself. "You haven't heard the full story," he told Magistrate Lamble. "Are we allowed to appeal this?" Archer's lawyer told him to sit down as Magistrate Lamble told the court her decision had been made.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/af...n/news-story/6e5b9238b0c8d0501aa8624baaa60421
Former AFL star Glenn Archer has been cleared on appeal of an assault conviction nearly two years after hitting a volunteer runner in the face at a junior football game
Judge Mark Dean re-sentenced Archer to a 12-month good behaviour bond without conviction and ordered him to pay $2000 to the Berry Street children’s charity. He said Archer’s assault was a “serious” incident given it occurred at a children’s sporting game.
“The action performed by Mr Archer is at the lower end of the scale but it is the context which needs to be considered,” Judge Dean said. “Behaviour of this type at sporting events and social gatherings is all too prevalent in our society. It is an ugly side of our society and it has no place in the way we conduct ourselves.” However, the judge said Archer had been “arguably provoked” by the victim, who had been pointing at Archer’s face.
Archer had been watching his son Jackson play in the Under 15s for Park Orchards when a scuffle broke out between two players.
