Raider Tom Starling applies for bail changes over latest Central Coast charges

Canberra Raider hooker Tom Starling has returned to court to request his bail conditions be changed to suit his social life.

Canberra Raider Tom Starling has had his bail conditions changed so he can attend weddings.

Starling’s Central Coast charges, relating to an alleged incident outside Mumbo Jumbo’s bar in Terrigal on October 16, came before Gosford Local Court for a bail variation request on Wednesday.

Starling, 23, and his brothers Josh and Jackson, who are also facing charges, were excused from attending court with their criminal lawyer Samar Singh-Panwar applying for their bail conditions to be changed.

The changes sought included allowing them to attend weddings as they are currently not permitted to drink alcohol or enter any licensed premises. Mr Singh-Panwar did not apply to lift the ban on alcohol.

Tom Starling is now permitted to attend weddings. Picture: Ian Hitchcock

An extra bail change for Tom Starling included letting him go between two addresses in the ACT and as well as his home in Avoca.

Magistrate Scott Nash approved all of the bail variations.

Police allege that on October 16, Starling was with his brothers and Chelsea Balzan, 20, when they were refused entry to Mumbo Jumbo’s due to number limits.

They further allege that the group became agitated and threatened the security manager a number of times before walking away.

Starling was charged with threatening or causing injury to potential juror or witness and behaving in offensive manner in or near public place or school.

The alleged incident happened outside Mumbo Jumbo's in Terrigal. Picture: Jacs Powell

His younger brother Josh Starling, 20, has been charged with threaten/cause injury to potential juror/witness, behave in offensive manner in/near public place/school and resist or hinder police officer in the execution of duty.

His older brother Jackson, 25, is facing charges of behave in offensive manner in/near public place/school and two counts of resist or hinder police officer in the execution of duty.

Balzan is also facing a charge of threatening or causing injury to potential juror or witness.

The matter is set to return to court on January 11 2022.

Separately, Starling and his brothers face charges over an alleged brawl at Shady Palms on December 5 2020.

Canberra Raiders player Tom Starling posted this image to social media in December 2020. Picture supplied

Vision of Shady Palms on December 5 in 2020. Picture: 7 News

Six charges against the young hooker were dropped and he has pleaded not guilty to the outstanding charge of resist/hinder police.

Starling and his brothers were out with friends celebrating the 21st birthday of Connor Watson’s brother when the alleged brawl broke out.

Josh Starling has had three charges withdrawn and pleaded not guilty to common assault, resist an officer in execution of duty and assault an officer in execution of duty, while Jackson Starling had two charges and pleaded not guilty to one charge of resist/hinder police.

The matter is set down for a hearing in May 2022.