good riddance..woman-beating scumbag deserves what he gets..we'll see if he's tough enough to "glass" a 6'5 inmate the same way...his grubby mate Gallon will join him in the prison showers fairly soon, as well, the way he's going.

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22/06/2009
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Greg Bird got 16 months with 8 probation for glassing his yank missus.
Minimum 8 months.
He has appealed the decision.

Former NRL star Greg Bird has been granted bail pending his appeal against his eight month jail term for glassing his American girlfriend.

In Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court on Monday, Magistrate Roger Clisdell sentenced Bird to a minimum of eight months in prison for the attack on Ms Milligan.

The former Cronulla Sharks player, who now plays in France, was in April found guilty of one count of reckless wounding and one count of making a false accusation to police over his attack on Katie Milligan.

Ms Milligan, who suffered a fractured eye socket and cuts to her eye at the former rugby league international's Cronulla apartment last August, is still in a relationship with Bird and is living with him in the south of France.

She refused to make a formal statement to police and both she and her parents provided Bird with character references.

Bird's supporters burst into tears and shook their heads in disbelief as Mr Clisdell handed down a maximum jail term of 16 months on Monday.

The footballer was also fined $5,000 for the charge of making a false accusation and placed on a three-year good behaviour bond.

Bird's lawyer Leslie Nicholls immediately lodged an appeal against the sentence, and sought bail for his client, which Mr Clisdell granted.

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