Paul Kent receives sentence following street fight
Former News Corp rugby league columnist Paul Kent has narrowly escaped a conviction and was sentenced to a two-year good behaviour bond for his role in a street brawl that saw him thrown into a tree stump, break six ribs, and suffer a collapsed lung.
Kent pleaded guilty and was charged with one court of affray after failing to have the matter quashed under mental health considerations.
He appeared before Magistrate Jennifer Price in Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court on Wednesday, who took into account his serious injuries and that Kent “has come off significantly worse than the co-accused, having suffered quite severe injuries”.
