Manase Fainu - Discussion

[ElectricEagle]

He must have some prior criminal history. Short of murder no one gets 8 years on a first offence.

 

[Kalvin]

He will still be a bit young for 1st grade

Yeah but des is gone remember? Players under 30 may now be given a chance!

 

[Eagle thru 'n' thru]

So 2027 it is then

Certainly isn't #nextweek

 

[BOZO]

All these religious players in gangs carrying weapons. WTF are they thinking.

They are not thinking about their Christian religion which forbids violence

 

[BOZO]

Well that’s his career , and life , ruined.

Very silly really.

His NRL Career is ruined and he shamed him self but he has the opportunity to redeem him self

 

[eagleron]

He must have some prior criminal history. Short of murder no one gets 8 years on a first offence.

Maybe because he showed no contrition

 

[wombatgc]

I have a good friend who was a nurse at Silverwater, she said nearly every time she had to give medication to an inmate they started to tell her how it wasn't their fault and they were innocent, yeah right.

There are the exceptions. But they are very rare in the grand scheme of prisoners overall.
This doco is one of those exceptions.

https://www.netflix.com/au/title/80990660?s=i&trkid=13747225&vlang=en&clip=81254413

 

[mickqld]

He's gone. Let's move on.

 

[NREagle]

He must have some prior criminal history. Short of murder no one gets 8 years on a first offence.

Didn't they say the victim was very lucky to survive?
What a hard lesson he's going to learn over the next few years.
I hope Manly is taking care with our players that are close to him (and Manase's family, obviously).

 

[Highflier]

He must have some prior criminal history. Short of murder no one gets 8 years on a first offence.

It does seem harsh , not that I would know.But when u consider he has been on ice for 3 yrs waiting for a hearing
If u listen to any talk back radio it’s full of judges letting people off for all sorts of heinous crimes
Anyway what f@&&g waste

 

[XV-1]

He must have some prior criminal history. Short of murder no one gets 8 years on a first offence.

Do you have any factual information behind that statement?

He got 8 years, non parole of 4 where the maximum sentence for grievous bodily harm is 25 years.

From the outside, the sentence seems light.

 

[ALinda]

My question is that if he didn't commit the crime, why have his (supposed) mates left him take the fall for a crime one of his other mates commited? It just doesn't make sense.

If he didn't do it, then his so-called "mates" aren't his mates now, surely...

 

[bob dylan]

He must have some prior criminal history. Short of murder no one gets 8 years on a first offence.

Oh i have a somebody who is a first offender and getting sentenced next week, the 8th. He was served almost 18 months as bail has been refused at every point since being arrested in June 2021.

He has been told to expect 7-10 years.

As i have discussed elsewhere on these boards, the cases are not all that different. And no, it was not murder.

 

[Eagle 1]

He must have some prior criminal history. Short of murder no one gets 8 years on a first offence.

Yeah, thought with this being a high profile case, and Des giving glowing praises for Fainu before the s....storm happened. Was thinking maybe 2.5 yrs with the usual parole discount factored in. If it was 2.5yrs he'd be about the 27yrs after doing his time. But it's 4.5 at the earliest, that put's him at about 29. Probably to late to have any thoughts of playing 1st's again. If it was 27 maybe a chance, if Fainu kept up his fitness regime in prison.

 

[NREagle]

Yeah, thought with this being a high profile case, and Des giving glowing praises for Fainu before the s....storm happened. Was thinking maybe 2.5 yrs with the usual parole discount factored in. If it was 2.5yrs he'd be about the 27yrs after doing his time. But it's 4.5 at the earliest, that put's him at about 29. Probably to late to have any thoughts of playing 1st's again. If it was 27 maybe a chance, if Fainu kept up his fitness regime in prison.

Not confident the nrl would register a contract, or that any club would want to sign him, after a lengthy sentence.

 

[Mal Cochrane]

Different matter, but how long was Garry Winter in for

 

[Seagles68]

They are not thinking about their Christian religion which forbids violence

Or they are Christian historians.

 

[winnyason]

This is a incident for every Nrl player abd emerging that they are not invincible. Massive waste of talent.
Don't hang around dickheads.
Let's hope his 2 talented brothers in our system are okay

 

[Peter C]

see my reply to Kate at #213 above

Fair enough

 

[BOZO]

Or they are Christian historians.

History proved Jesus Christ the birth of Christianity had no armies or machetes and he was the prince of peace and the role model to follow which most of us Christian hypocrites fail to do .