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Footy hardman behind one of the biggest ‘king hits’ in NRL history peeps a woman in a pub after she makes a VERY simple request – but this is where it started
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A former NRL enforcer has been convicted after he slammed a glass on a woman’s head at a popular Sydney pub.
Danny Williams, 49, played for Melbourne Storm and North Sydney Bears throughout his professional career and was known for his uncompromising physical style of play.
A court heard the former footy star hit the victim on Wednesday after she complained about his loud singing and swearing while she and two other women watched a basketball game at The Oaks Hotel in Neutral Bay on Oct. 1.
Former NRL hardman Danny Williams has been convicted of glazing a woman in Sydney
He pleaded guilty in Manly’s local court to assault involving actual bodily harm and the assault left the woman with a cut on the back of her head. She didn’t need hospital treatment.
Williams now lives in Brighton, Victoria, where he runs a cleaning business. He made headlines in 2004 when he hit Wests Tigers rival Mark O’Neill with a ‘king hit’ that knocked him out. He was suspended for 18 weeks.
On Wednesday, his lawyer said the nature of his victim’s injury was on the mid-to-bottom scale, and the incident was not good for Williams.
He entered the Oaks Hotel at 1 p.m. on Saturday afternoon and had a drink at the venue’s Taffy’s Sports Bar. At 3:45 p.m., the victim entered the bar with friends and sat in a large booth facing a TV screen to watch the Women’s Basketball World Cup.
49-year-old punched a woman after she complained about his loud ‘swearing and singing’
Williams has been ordered to pay a $1,000 fine and receive a community correction order
Williams and his friends stood behind the booth and he heard “swearing and singing loudly.”
The victim said to Williams, “Hey mate, you’re singing really loud and you’re sitting right in my ear.” However, the 49-year-old continued to sing and at 5:25 p.m., she threw beer from a glass over her shoulder at Williams.
He responded by throwing beer back at her and “then placed the now-empty beer glass in his right hand and then hit it in the back of the victim’s head with such force that the glass burst,” the court heard.
Williams fled the bar with his mates while the woman was treated for a minor cut. Police found him in a nearby pub and he was arrested.
Magistrate Robyn Denes convicted Williams and handed him an 18-month community penalty for good behavior, plus a $1,000 fine.