NRL Canberra Raiders star Tom Starling and brothers enter pleas in court over Terrigal brawl
Canberra Raiders hooker Tom Starling has pleaded guilty to intimidation over the brawl outside a cocktail bar in Terrigal. See the latest from court.
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Canberra Raiders hooker Tom Starling and his brother Josh have both pleaded guilty to intimidation over a brawl outside a popular cocktail bar in Terrigal.
Tom, Josh and older brother Jackson Starling’s matters were mentioned at Gosford Local Court on Thursday.
The Avoca Beach brothers, who were all excused from attending court, are all facing charges over an alleged brawl outside the rooftop cocktail bar Mumbo Jumbos on October 16 2021.
The brothers’ legal representative entered a plea of guilty to a charge of stalk/intimidate intend fear physical harm for both Tom and Josh Starling.
Tom, who is based in Canberra, had charges of threaten/cause injury to potential juror/witness and behave in offensive manner in/near public place withdrawn, while Josh had charges of threaten/cause injury to potential juror/witness, behave in offensive manner in/near public place and resist or hinder police withdrawn.
The facts of the case were not tendered to the court, with the Starling’s legal representative indicating that they were “related” to an ongoing trial involving the three brothers which is set to be finalised in December.
The trial, which has six days left, relates to the brawl inside Shady Palms in Kincumber in December 2020.
Pleas of not guilty were entered for Jackson Starling’s charges relating to the Terrigal incident including behave in offensive manner in/near public place/school and two counts of resist or hinder police officer in the execution of duty.
Magistrate Jennifer Price set the matter down for hearing at Gosford Local Court on July 24 2023 with an estimate of one to two days.
Police allege Tom Starling was with his brothers and his girlfriend Chelsea Balzan on October 16 2021 when they were refused entry to the popular cocktail bar Mumbo Jumbos due to number limits.
They further allege that the group became agitated and threatened the security manager a number of times before walking away.
Ms Balzan pleaded guilty to stalk or intimidate intending to cause fear of physical or mental harm over the incident.
During her sentence in August, the court heard she ran her fingers across her throat while looking at a security guard. She escaped conviction and received a conditional release order for 10 months.
Tom and Josh’s sentence over the intimidation charges has been adjourned to December 19.
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