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Benji Marshall to face court on assault charge
* Peter Kogoy
* From: The Australian
* June 10, 2011 2:27PM
WESTS Tigers superstar Benji Marshall is to face a court hearing in August over a charge of assaulting a man at a fast food outlet in Sydney's CBD.
Marshall, the New Zealand Test captain was not required to appear in the Downing Centre Local Court today, when the three-day hearing was set to begin on August 23.
Named in court papers as Benjamin Quentin Marshall, 26, of Breakfast Point, he is accused of assaulting Soliman Naimey, occasioning actual bodily harm.
He is alleged to have attacked the man in the early hours of the morning at the fast food outlet on George Street on March 5.
His solicitor, John Byrnes, said 14 witnesses would appear for the prosecution, and up to four for the defence.
Outside court, he declined to name them.
A medical certificate might also be tendered, he told Magistrate Lisa Stapleton.
Byrnes had previously entered a not guilty plea on Marshall's behalf at an earlier court mention in April.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/benji-marshall-to-face-trial-on-assault-charge/story-e6frg7mf-1226073066558
* Peter Kogoy
* From: The Australian
* June 10, 2011 2:27PM
WESTS Tigers superstar Benji Marshall is to face a court hearing in August over a charge of assaulting a man at a fast food outlet in Sydney's CBD.
Marshall, the New Zealand Test captain was not required to appear in the Downing Centre Local Court today, when the three-day hearing was set to begin on August 23.
Named in court papers as Benjamin Quentin Marshall, 26, of Breakfast Point, he is accused of assaulting Soliman Naimey, occasioning actual bodily harm.
He is alleged to have attacked the man in the early hours of the morning at the fast food outlet on George Street on March 5.
His solicitor, John Byrnes, said 14 witnesses would appear for the prosecution, and up to four for the defence.
Outside court, he declined to name them.
A medical certificate might also be tendered, he told Magistrate Lisa Stapleton.
Byrnes had previously entered a not guilty plea on Marshall's behalf at an earlier court mention in April.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/benji-marshall-to-face-trial-on-assault-charge/story-e6frg7mf-1226073066558