Southend's Ryan Hall was put away this morning for 20 weeks for affray and possession of an offensive weapon.He has been one of Southend's best players over the last few months so will be missed as they try for the play-offs.
Did he deserve to be put away? probably but I read stories of after nightclub brawls and knife fights every week in the local paper which usually result in fines, cautions or community service orders, I don't know the full details of what he actually did and it might have been much worse than it sounded? but I think they have made an example of him.
In a week that has seen Ashley Cole shooting a Chelsea staff member and Wayne Rooney's on field assault on a Wigan player it does show that Premier league footballers seem to have a different set of rules, maybe both of them should have been keeping Hall company for a few weeks instead of playing the other night.
The more money you have,the better the solictor. You have to do something really bad these days to get in one of our overcrowded prisons.
ReplyDeleteHe must have got one of those better solicitors at the last minute, as they managed to get him out on bail pending appeal after the sentence.
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