Anonymous
8/31/2025, 4:50:17 AM
No.150504505
8/31/2025, 4:50:17 AM
No.150504505
>>150504479
Defence lawyer Paddy O’Donnell said his client had been addressing his substance usage issue.
He submitted character references by Sandow’s former coach John Lang and Gold Coast Titans director Scott Sattler.
“I speak regularly to John Lang and he’s had a lot to do with Chris. He tried to help him with other things,” he said.
Mr O’Donnell said his client apologised and would take responsibility for himself to be a good role model of Indigenous football.
Ms Sturgess noted Sandow received a community service order for similar offences last December, which he had never completed.
She sentenced Sandow to 12 months jail and reactivated his 15 months suspended sentence for his previous unrelated offences.
She set his parole eligibility date at March 3 next year, after declaring his 179 days in pre-sentence custody as time served.
Sandow was first signed to the Gold Coast Titans and spent two years in the lower grades, he made his NRL debut for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in 2008 and switched to Parramatta Eels in 2012, before joining England club Warrington Wolves in 2015 for one year.
Defence lawyer Paddy O’Donnell said his client had been addressing his substance usage issue.
He submitted character references by Sandow’s former coach John Lang and Gold Coast Titans director Scott Sattler.
“I speak regularly to John Lang and he’s had a lot to do with Chris. He tried to help him with other things,” he said.
Mr O’Donnell said his client apologised and would take responsibility for himself to be a good role model of Indigenous football.
Ms Sturgess noted Sandow received a community service order for similar offences last December, which he had never completed.
She sentenced Sandow to 12 months jail and reactivated his 15 months suspended sentence for his previous unrelated offences.
She set his parole eligibility date at March 3 next year, after declaring his 179 days in pre-sentence custody as time served.
Sandow was first signed to the Gold Coast Titans and spent two years in the lower grades, he made his NRL debut for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in 2008 and switched to Parramatta Eels in 2012, before joining England club Warrington Wolves in 2015 for one year.