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Jack de Belin’s lawyer slams NRL’s controversial stand down policy after scheduled retrial – Wide World of Sports
‘Could be held out for five years’
The NRL’s controversial no-fault stand-down policy is once again in the crosshairs after an attack from Jack de Belin’s lawyer.
De Belin has had his aggravated sexual assault case set for retrial after a unanimous or majority verdict was unable to be reached by the jury, following three weeks of evidence in the high-profile case.
It’s a precarious outcome for the NRL after de Belin became the test case of the league’s ‘no fault’ stand down policy, introduced after the game’s image copped a battering…
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