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CibbuanoJudd loses appeal
September 10th 2009 10:36
CARLTON skipper Chris Judd will miss the first three matches of the 2010 season after failing to have his ban for misconduct overturned at the Appeals Board on Thursday night.
Judd was found guilty of making unreasonable and unnecessary contact to the face of Brisbane's Michael Rischitelli during the second quarter of the Blues' seven-point loss in last Saturday night's elimination final at the Gabba.
The Blues appealed the suspension handed to Judd by the AFL Tribunal on Tuesday night on the grounds that the decision was so unreasonable that no tribunal acting reasonably could have come to that decision having considered the evidence before it.
Judd's counsel, David Grace QC also argued that the classification of the offence and the sanction imposed were manifestly excessive.
But after deliberating for seven minutes the appeals board consisting of Michael Green, Brian Collis QC and chairman Peter O'Callaghan QC dismissed Judd's appeal.
"We can't impeach that finding (of the tribunal) nor can we say it was not open to the jury to find as they did," O'Callaghan said.
"We are not satisfied there are exceptional or compelling circumstances, so in those circumstances the appeal is dismissed."
Judd was found guilty of making unreasonable and unnecessary contact to the face of Brisbane's Michael Rischitelli during the second quarter of the Blues' seven-point loss in last Saturday night's elimination final at the Gabba.
The Blues appealed the suspension handed to Judd by the AFL Tribunal on Tuesday night on the grounds that the decision was so unreasonable that no tribunal acting reasonably could have come to that decision having considered the evidence before it.
Judd's counsel, David Grace QC also argued that the classification of the offence and the sanction imposed were manifestly excessive.
But after deliberating for seven minutes the appeals board consisting of Michael Green, Brian Collis QC and chairman Peter O'Callaghan QC dismissed Judd's appeal.
"We can't impeach that finding (of the tribunal) nor can we say it was not open to the jury to find as they did," O'Callaghan said.
"We are not satisfied there are exceptional or compelling circumstances, so in those circumstances the appeal is dismissed."
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