Crows receive additional charges

Updated November 14, 2012 12:19:35

Adelaide is facing further charges from the AFL over illegal payments made to Kurt Tippett over the course of his recently expired three-year contract with the Crows.

The Crows and Tippett were already set to face a hearing beginning on November 19 over allegations of draft tampering and breaking AFL rules on player payments.

Now the Crows, its chief executive Steven Trigg and football operations manager Phil Harper have been charged with breaking rule 17 relating to total player payments - believed to be in reference to the reported extra $200,000 the player took home outside of his contract from 2009.

"In accordance with AFL Player Rule 17, which relates to the enforcement of the AFL Draft and Total Player Payments, I have today issued a further three charges," AFL's general manager of football operations, Adrian Anderson said.

"The Adelaide Crows Football Club, Adelaide Crows Chief Executive Officer Steven Trigg and Adelaide Crows General Manager Football Operations Phil Harper have each been charged once as follows:

"Contrary to Rule 17 of the Rules, between September 2009 and October 2012, you engaged in conduct in breach of the Total Player Payments provisions in the Rules."

This is the first charge Harper has received over the scandal.

In total, Trigg faces a total of three charges, while Tippett and former Crows general manager of football operations John Reid will answer to two charges.

Adelaide released a statement saying it understood the extra charges and looks forward to representing its case on Monday.

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First posted November 14, 2012 10:59:13

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Four more charges laid against Demon Jurrah

By Ruby Jones

Updated May 17, 2012 22:26:47

Four more charges have been laid against AFL star Liam Jurrah but he will be able to play in a match in Darwin just two days before he goes to a committal hearing.

The Melbourne Demons player was already facing charges of causing serious harm and being armed with an offensive weapon in an alleged melee.

The charges relate to an alleged machete attack on a man at Little Sisters town camp in Alice Springs in March.

The victim of the alleged attack is his 35-year-old cousin.

In an Alice Springs court today, the prosecution added four charges of aggravated assault to the case against Jurrah.

These relate to the same evening of the alleged incident but involve four different people.

Jurrah, 23, appeared before the court via a video link from Melbourne.

Magistrate John Birch has set July 23 as a date for the committal hearing, at which time Jurrah will have to appear before the court in person.

Defence lawyer John McBride applied for a variation of bail conditions so Jurrah can play for Melbourne in a match against Port Adelaide in Darwin on July 21.

After earlier saying he did not usually vary bail conditions for personal matters, Mr Birch later approved the application.

The magistrate ordered Jurrah to travel to Alice Springs immediately after the match for the committal hearing.

Jurrah hails from Yuendumu, 260 kilometres north west of Alice Springs.

People from Jurrah's Warlpiri group have been involved in a bitter and sometimes bloody feud between two families that has divided the community.

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First posted May 17, 2012 15:10:04

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Court dismisses Fevola charges

Posted May 25, 2011 11:29:00

A Brisbane Magistrate has dismissed charges against former AFL star Brendan Fevola.

The former Brisbane Lions forward was charged with public nuisance and obstructing police after he was arrested on New Year's Day.

Fevola took part in mediation sessions with police in a bid to avoid the charges.

He also paid $2,000 to a children's charity.

Magistrate Brian Hine dismissed the charges this morning after police offered no evidence.

Fevola's lawyer Jim Coburn says his client is pleased to put the matter behind him.

"He's going well. He sounds on top of things," he said.

"I haven't really asked him how he's settling back into Melbourne, but he seems to be upbeat and positive."

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