The magistrate who convicted NRL star Sam Burgess of intimidating his former father-in-law Mitch Hooke had several family links to two of Mr Hooke s daughters.
Mr Hooke raised the connections in a late-night email to police less than 12 hours before magistrate Robert Rabbidge was to announce whether he had found Burgess guilty.
Burgess was convicted on Friday of intimidating Mr Hooke during a fierce confrontation at the family s home near Bowral in New South Wales Southern Highlands on October 19, 2019.
Daily Mail Australia has seen the email and its contents are published here with the names and relationships between some of the parties removed for legal reasons.