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Jail time possible for ex-AFL star Winmar over attack
- On Friday, Magistrate Trieu Huynh sentenced former AFL star Nicky Winmar to six months' jail at Bendigo Magistrates Court, describing the offending as violent and unprovoked.
- Winmar was convicted last month of three assault counts after he grabbed, dragged by the hair, and repeatedly smashed a woman's head into a door during a May 2025 incident in Cohuna, northern Victoria.
- The victim said the attack left her a "shadow of the person" she was, while barrister Dermot Dann unsuccessfully urged the court to impose a community-based order instead of jail.
- Following the sentence, Dann immediately indicated he would appeal both the conviction and sentence, with Winmar expected to apply for bail later on Friday.
- Winmar has been removed from the Australian Football Hall of Fame, and his statue was taken down from Perth's Optus Stadium following his conviction.
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