Inside Jarryd Hayne s 100-day marriage: Who is Amellia Bonnici?
6 May, 2021 08:00 PM
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Former NRL superstar Jarryd Hayne jailed for five years and nine months for sexual assault. Video / ABC News
Former NRL superstar Jarryd Hayne jailed for five years and nine months for sexual assault. Video / ABC News
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By: Tyson Otto
After 100 days of marriage hell, Jarryd Hayne s wife, Amellia Bonnici, is still standing by her man as she confronts the reality of life without her partner.
Their private relationship will now face its greatest test after the former NRL star was on Thursday sentenced to at least three years and eight months in jail after being found guilty of sexual assault.
Crime by Tyson Otto 7th May 2021 5:45 AM After 100 days of marriage hell, Jarryd Hayne s wife, Amellia Bonnici, is still standing by her man as she confronts the reality of life without her partner. Their private relationship will now face its greatest test after the former NRL star was on Thursday sentenced to at least three years and eight months in jail after being found guilty of sexual assault. It leaves Bonnici alone to raise their four-year-old daughter, Beliviah Ivy, born in December, 2016. Bonnici was among Hayne s supporters inside the Newcastle District Court on Thursday and watched on as her husband s victim, 26-years-old at the time of the offence, deliver a victim impact statement in which she detailed how the assault had fundamentally changed her life, saying the assault left her feeling dirty and violated .
 After three days of deliberating a jury found Hayne guilty of two counts of sexual intercourse without consent. He was found not guilty of the more serious charges of aggravated sexual intercourse without consent, recklessly inflicting actual bodily harm. Following a seven-day trial in Sydney s Downing Centre District Court, the jury of seven men and five women found the two-time Dally M winner and ex-NFL convert guilty of the two alternative sex assault charges. The ex-Parramatta and Gold Coast star s fall from grace sees him facing a maximum of 14 years of prison and after his guilty verdict, Judge Syme told him a custodial sentence is inevitable .