Dakota James Bannister handed a nine month suspended jail sentence

Nick Clark
July 3 2021 - 4:03am
SENTENCED: Dakota Bannister entering the Magistrates Court court for an earlier appearance.
SENTENCED: Dakota Bannister entering the Magistrates Court court for an earlier appearance.

A prominent Tasmanian footballer and boxer escaped immediate jail when Magistrate Sharon Cure sentenced him to a nine-month wholly-suspended prison term for three "very serious" CBD assaults in 2019.

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Nick Clark

Nick Clark

Journalist

I am the Supreme and Magistrates Court reporter for the Examiner for the past 18 months. My journalism career has clicked over 30 years and encompasses four different spells at Tasmanian newspapers.

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