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August 8th 2008 01:55
VICTORIAN police are investigating a series of threatening letters sent to AFL players.
The Nine Network reported that five players from five different AFL clubs - three of them Victorian - had received death threats in letters sent to the clubs.
Dual Brownlow medallist Adam Goodes and Adelaide star Andrew McLeod were subjected to death threats.
The racially based threats were in a letter sent on the eve of the Victoria-All Stars Hall of Fame tribute game in May. Victoria Police took the threats seriously, arranging for protection for Goodes and McLeod in the lead-up to the Hall of Fame game. Nothing eventuated and nothing has been heard since on the subject.
Three other letters, also containing threats, were sent to players at three Victorian clubs.
North Melbourne has confirmed forward Nathan Thompson received a threatening letter earlier in the season.
The letter to Thompson was forwarded to North Melbourne chief executive Eugene Arocca and has been passed onto police.
The other players are believed to be from Carlton and Essendon.
It is not known if the letters were sent from the one perpetrator or different sources.
Victoria Police spokesman Sen-Constable Adam West said the threats were being taken seriously.
"We have got the Moonee Valley Criminal Investigations Unit detectives investigating a number of threatening letters allegedly sent to AFL players," West said.
"Victoria Police takes any threats made to any person extremely seriously and is investigating these matters."
The Nine Network reported that five players from five different AFL clubs - three of them Victorian - had received death threats in letters sent to the clubs.
Dual Brownlow medallist Adam Goodes and Adelaide star Andrew McLeod were subjected to death threats.
The racially based threats were in a letter sent on the eve of the Victoria-All Stars Hall of Fame tribute game in May. Victoria Police took the threats seriously, arranging for protection for Goodes and McLeod in the lead-up to the Hall of Fame game. Nothing eventuated and nothing has been heard since on the subject.
Three other letters, also containing threats, were sent to players at three Victorian clubs.
North Melbourne has confirmed forward Nathan Thompson received a threatening letter earlier in the season.
The letter to Thompson was forwarded to North Melbourne chief executive Eugene Arocca and has been passed onto police.
The other players are believed to be from Carlton and Essendon.
It is not known if the letters were sent from the one perpetrator or different sources.
Victoria Police spokesman Sen-Constable Adam West said the threats were being taken seriously.
"We have got the Moonee Valley Criminal Investigations Unit detectives investigating a number of threatening letters allegedly sent to AFL players," West said.
"Victoria Police takes any threats made to any person extremely seriously and is investigating these matters."
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