AFL legend Nicky Winmar charged with assault of a woman at Cohuna amid choking allegations
AFL Hall of Famer Nicky Winmar has been charged with further violent offending in northern Victoria against a woman, it can be revealed, amid explosive allegations he strangled a person.
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An AFL Hall of Famer has been charged with assaulting a woman in northern Victoria, it can be revealed, amid allegations he strangled a person.
St Kilda legend Neil “Nicky” Winmar, 59, faced Kerang Magistrates’ Court via video link charged with assaulting a woman at Cohuna in May.
This comes after revelations this week that Winmar, 59, had been charged with two counts of assault and one count of choking, strangling or suffocating a person without lawful excuse in a July 18 incident.
No details of the allegations were aired during the brief hearing and the case was adjourned at the request of Winmar’s lawyer Tessa Theocharous.
Magistrate Trieu Huynh proposed to hear the case on September 25, but Winmar told the court that was his birthday, asking for another date.
“I turn 60,” he said with a chuckle.
Mr Huynh instead adjourned the matter to September 11 and extended the two-time All Australian footballer’s bail.
The AFL Hall of Fame inductee had a 12-season career with St Kilda between 1987 and 1998, twice winning the club’s best and fairest award.
He also played 21 games with the Western Bulldogs.
The Indigenous footballer’s iconic stand against racist abuse during the 1993 season was immortalised in bronze outside Optus Stadium in Perth six years ago.
The Western Australian lifted his jumper and pointed at his torso, declaring “I’m black and I’m proud” after receiving abuse from Collingwood fans at Victoria Park.
Winmar will return to Melbourne Magistrates Court on date on August 28 and remains on bail for those charges.
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