da betway： Paul Riley given a suspended sentence of 15 months’ jail by the South Australia District Court
Wisden Cricinfo Staff14-Jul-2005Paul Riley, who represented Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in the 2003C&G Trophy, has been found guilty of assaulting Kial Stewart, an AustralianParalympic cyclists gold medalist. He has given a suspendedsentence of 15 months’ jail by the South Australia District Court, onthe condition he enter a AUS$500 (£200) two-year good behaviour bond.Riley, 22, has been staying at a cricket camp at the headquarters ofAustralian Institute of Sport in Adelaide at the time of the incident in March last year.Judge Peter Allan acquitted Riley of causing grievous bodily harm withintent, saying the prosecution had failed to prove he intended to injureStewart, but found him guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.Stewart had been with a group of cyclists who were walking back to theInstitute of Sport’s Del Monte facility after having drinks atAdelaide’s Ramsgate Hotel when the assault occurred. “They’re all a bunch of good guys,” Riley told the court, “and I really didn’t think there would be afight.” He said that Stewart had first punched his friend Nathan Crack, 31,before starting on him. “I defended myself. He punched me and I punchedhim back.”