Manly Sea Eagles hooker Manase Fainu has misplaced his freedom 4 days after a jury discovered him responsible of stabbing a church chief exterior a Mormon charity occasion in October 2019.

On Monday, Choose Nanette Williams granted a detention software by crown prosecutors, rejecting a bid by Fainu to stay out on bail till a sentence listening to on October 7.

Defence barrister Margaret Cunneen SC argued that the 24-year-old ought to quickly retain his freedom for causes together with the psychological well being impacts of the trial, his need to financially help his household and the numerous media consideration of the case.

Nonetheless, the decide discovered these didn’t quantity to circumstances that have been particular or distinctive sufficient to stop incarceration in a scenario the place jail time was all however confirmed.

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“I’m not glad that particular or distinctive circumstances exist to refuse or dismiss the detention software,” Choose Williams stated.

Final week, the as soon as rising NRL star was discovered responsible of stabbing church youth chief Faamanu Levi in a brawl exterior a dance in Wattle Grove, Sydney late at night time on October 25, 2019.

He pleaded not responsible to wounding with intent to trigger grievous bodily hurt within the assault, however the jury took simply two hours to ship its responsible verdict.

In arguing for Fainu’s launch, Ms Cunneen advised the courtroom her shopper had skilled extreme psychological sickness together with despair, nervousness and suicidal ideas due to the trial and verdict. 

She stated he had been thought-about a extremely promising rugby league participant who was on monitor to earn a large wage to help his mother and father and eight siblings.

Due to the Nationwide Rugby League’s no fault stand down coverage, this was all stripped away as soon as he was charged and arrested, the courtroom heard.

“This can be a man who has suffered a most huge downfall, an unthinkable downfall in what he might have anticipated in 2019,” Ms Cunneen stated.

“This can be a case of a younger man whose life modified eternally over a spontaneous, silly, horrible factor that occurred with out premeditation.”

Fainu’s counsellor Jan Earl of Elite Athlete Wellbeing Providers spoke of the footballer’s decline in psychological well being after shedding not solely his spot on the Manly crew but in addition his position as household breadwinner.

Ms Earl pointed to the no fault stand down coverage as being partially liable for this.

“You might be shunned like a black cat. There isn’t any cash, there isn’t a help and this brought on nice misery to Manese and his household,” she stated.

Ms Cunneen argued that the numerous media consideration to the case had prevented her shopper from looking for psychiatric assist in public settings the place he could possibly be recognised.

“It’s not enjoyable we might submit. It’s horrible. He’s not a showy, flashy man. He’s a humble man… And it’s made it immeasurably tougher.”

The courtroom additionally heard that Fainu had not as soon as breached the onerous bail circumstances positioned on him, together with a curfew and limitations on who he may go exterior with. 

He felt nice disgrace and regret over what had occurred and required time to work as a labourer to financially help his household and assist pay his authorized payments, the decide was advised.

In granting the detention software, Choose Williams discovered Fainu had been reluctant to hunt psychiatric assist or follow the medicine prescribed. She additionally discovered he may nonetheless get this help whereas in jail. 

The decide additionally discovered Fainu had loads of time to arrange mentally and financially since being charged in 2019.