NSW:Marshall assault charge thrown out=2

AAP General News (Australia)
08-24-2011
NSW:Marshall assault charge thrown out=2

The 26-year-old had denied punching Mr Naimey, 25, outside a McDonald's restaurant
in Sydney's CBD in the early hours of March 5.

He gave evidence saying he had pushed Mr Naimey after he racially abused him, but Mr
Naimey said he was punched after he told the footballer that Broncos player Darren Lockyer
was better than him.

The magistrate noted a number of witnesses had referred to a second man having punched
Mr Naimey, who ended up with a "fat lip".

Even if the footballer had punched him, "I must have a reasonable doubt as to whether
or not (the fat lip) was occasioned by Mr Marshall," the magistrate said.

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