u200bAn Australian Football League player has been told that only ‘sheer luck’ saved him from killing a man.
Richmond Tigers defender Noah Balta, 25, has pleaded guilty to an assault in Mulwala in the NSW Riverina on December 30, which left another man in hospital with a head injury following the incident in a pub car park.
The victim was pushed to the ground and repeatedly punched during the alleged assault, with police prosecutor Jason Tozer telling the court that his client was fortunate not to have been have left with more serious injuries.
“Your Honour can see he becomes fully airborne and travels a metre or a metre-and-a-half,” Tozer said.