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Ex-AFL star Brian Lake convicted, fined for poking security in the nose – The Age
Hawthorn premiership player Brian Lake has been convicted and fined $900 for poking a security guard in the nose at Melbourne’s Crown casino.
A sentence of imprisonment is a sentence of last resort. No purpose would be served in sentencing Mr Lake to a term of imprisonment for this matter, Mr Bourke wrote in a judgment released to the media on Friday.
Lake was not required to attend court for the sentence.
Lake, who played 251 games for the Western Bulldogs and Hawthorn and was a member of the Hawks 2013-15 premiership wins, pleaded guilty to unlawful assault. He retired from the AFL after the 2015 season.
His lawyers wrote that he was…
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