Australian Commodore Cup Champion Michael Tancredi has been sentenced to four years jail after pleading guilty to a violent bashing that left a young Geelong man in a coma for 24 hours.
Judge Anthony Howard sentenced Tancredi to a minimum jail term of two years and eight months. Tancredi's friend Andrew Pamvouxoglou was given a three-year jail term with two years non-parole.
It was not the first time Tancredi had faced the court with two prior convictions for assault.
Judge Howard told the court that he needed to send a strong message that violence was not acceptable on Geelong's streets.
He called for greater control of drinking and behaviour in licensed venues, more police on the streets and firm sentencing in the courts.
Tancredi won last year's Commodore Cup series and is currently lying in sixth place as the series heads to Oran Park next weekend.
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Reigning Australian Commodore Cup Champion Michael Tancredi has been remanded for sentencing after pleading guilty to a vicious street assault which left a Geelong man with serious head injuries.
Tancredi and his then friend, Andrew Pamvouxoglou, both pleaded guilty in the Geelong County Court on Wednesday to a charge of recklessly causing serious injury.
According to Police, the assault, which took place back in 2007, occurred as the victim left the Eureka Hotel in Geelong and was waiting for a taxi.
The victim was taken to The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne where he remained in a coma for 24 hours with bleeding from the brain. He then spent a further six months undergoing rehabilitation.
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
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