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Sam Burgess conviction overturned on appeal
Friday March 19, 2021
Former South Sydney NRL captain Sam Burgess’s conviction for intimidating his father-in-law has been quashed after a judge said there was reasonable doubt the offence occurred.
Burgess and his ex-wife Phobe (ABC photo)
A magistrate in February found the 32-year-old Burgess had yelled “f*** you, I’m going to get you” 20 centimetres from Mitchell Hooke’s face during an expletive-riddled rage, sparked when Burgess was asked to leave the Hookes’ Southern Highlands property in October 2019.
Goulburn District Court Judge Mark Williams today upheld…
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