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Disgraced former NRL star Jarryd Hayne has been jailed for five years and nine months for sexually assaulting a woman in her Newcastle home while his taxi waited outside.
Hayne, 33, was convicted in March of two counts of sexual intercourse without consent after he assaulted the woman, then aged 26, with his hands and mouth and left her bleeding from the genitals in September 2018.
Jarryd Hayne walks into court on Thursday morning.
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He had been chatting to the woman on social media for almost two weeks, but they had never met – until the evening of September 30, when he stopped at her house on his way back to Sydney from a two-day buck’s party in Newcastle for another footballer.
Supporters of convicted rapist Jarryd Hayne have sparked chaos after he was sentenced In Newcastle, where one supporter spat at his victim as she left court.
A judge has said Jarryd Hayne was fully aware his victim was not consenting when she sentenced him to five years and nine months in jail for raping the young woman in her bedroom.
The former NRL superstar was distraught as Judge Helen Syme handed down the verdict on Thursday afternoon at a Newcastle court.
The 33-year-old will be eligible for parole in three years and eight months over the attack from the night of the 2018 NRL grand final.
Judge Syme on Thursday said the former Parramatta Eels captain refused to accept the verdict, shows no remorse and refuses to change his attitude towards sex or women .
Rugby league star Hayne to spend nearly 4 years in jail Former football player Jarryd Hayne arrives at court in Newcastle, Australia, Thursday, May 6, 2021. Hayne, a rugby league star who also played in the NFL for the San Francisco 49ers, has been sentenced to at least three years and eight months in jail for the sexual assault of a woman in 2018. (Darren Pateman/AAP Image via AP) Associated Press
Posted5/6/2021 7:00 AM
SYDNEY Jarryd Hayne, a rugby league star who also played in the NFL for the San Francisco 49ers, has been sentenced to at least three years and eight months in jail for the sexual assault of a woman in 2018.