A magistrate in Bendigo has convicted former Australian Football League player Neil Elvis Winmar on three counts of assault following an incident in northern Victoria.

一名位於 Bendigo 的地方法官判定前澳洲足球聯賽球員 Neil Elvis Winmar 在維多利亞州北部發生的一起事件中，三項襲擊指控成立。

The judicial proceedings centered on an encounter occurring on May 14, 2025, in Cohuna. The complainant alleged that Mr. Winmar engaged in a series of violent acts, including the twisting of her arm, the application of force to her hair, and the repeated striking of her cranium against a wooden door. While the prosecution presented photographic evidence of bruising and a recorded emergency telecommunication to substantiate these claims, the defense, led by Dermot Dann KC, contended that the defendant acted in self-defense. The defense asserted that the complainant had initiated physical aggression, resulting in a facial laceration to Mr. Winmar, and questioned the investigative rigor of the police regarding a potential third-party witness.

此次司法程序集中於 2025 年 5 月 14 日在 Cohuna 發生的一場衝突。原告指稱 Winmar 先生採取了一系列暴力行為，包括扭轉其手臂、用力拉扯其頭髮，以及將其頭部反覆撞擊木門。雖然控方提交了瘀傷的照片和緊急通訊錄音以支持這些主張，但由 Dermot Dann KC 領導的辯方則主張被告是正當防衛。辯方聲稱原告首先發起肢體攻擊，導致 Winmar 先生面部撕裂，並質疑警方針對潛在第三方證人的調查是否嚴謹。

Magistrate Trieu Huynh determined that the complainant remained a credible witness despite certain evidentiary inconsistencies. Consequently, Mr. Winmar was found guilty of two counts of common law assault and one count of unlawful assault. However, a fourth charge of intentionally causing injury was dismissed; the court reasoned that the absence of required medical treatment indicated that the resultant pain did not meet the legal threshold for that specific classification of injury.

地方法官 Trieu Huynh 判定，儘管存在某些證據不一致之處，原告仍是可信的證人。因此，Winmar 先生被裁定兩項普通法襲擊罪和一項非法襲擊罪成立。然而，第四項「蓄意造成傷害」的指控被駁回；法院認定，由於缺乏必要的醫療治療紀錄，顯示所造成的疼痛未達到該特定傷害分類的法律門檻。

Parallel to these legal developments, the defendant maintains a significant institutional profile. As an inductee of the Australian Football Hall of Fame and the first Aboriginal athlete to achieve 200 AFL games, Mr. Winmar is recognized for his historical opposition to racial prejudice. This legacy is exemplified by a 1993 incident of public protest against crowd abuse and his current role as a co-lead in a class action lawsuit against the AFL within the Supreme Court of Victoria.

與這些法律進展平行的是，被告仍保有顯著的制度地位。作為澳洲足球名人堂成員以及首位達成 200 場 AFL 賽事的原住民運動員，Winmar 先生因其歷史上反對種族偏見的立場而受到認可。這一傳承體現於 1993 年他針對群眾辱罵的公開抗議，以及他目前在維多利亞州最高法院針對 AFL 發起集體訴訟的共同領袖角色。

Mr. Winmar has been convicted of three assault charges and is scheduled for a pre-sentence hearing in August.

Winmar 先生被裁定三項襲擊罪成立，並預計於 8 月進行量刑前聆訊。