Junior Amone had been sentenced to a 24-month intensive correction order after he and his father confronted a tradesman who had parked on a neighbouring property in Warrawong, a suburb ofThe 22-year-old smashed the man's car windscreen with the hammer before climbing onto a roof and chasing the victim.NRL player Junior Amone was been spared jail over a 2022 altercation with tradies in Wollongong, NSW.
Instead, the judge re-sentenced Amone to a 16-month intensive correction order, commencing on Wednesday, meaning the total sentence will not be completed until October 2025.Judge Fitzsimmons found the conduct was out of character for Amone who had no prior criminal record.Nevertheless, Amone had good prospects of rehabilitation, having continued his training regime to return to the NRL, and it would be a tragedy for him if he lost his chance to continue his professional career, the judge found.
Both father and son faced one charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and one charge of intimidation over the incident. Korn told the court his client had already completed the 300 hours of community service imposed as part of the 24-month sentence, and had gone above and beyond that by doing further work for his club.