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Australian surfer gets 3 days in jail for hitting isle police officer
By Associated Press
POSTED: 03:13 p.m. HST, Nov 20, 2008
Australian surfing celebrity Koby Abberton is serving a three-day sentence for getting in a fight with an off-duty police officer in Honolulu.
The 30-year-old pleaded no contest today to the misdemeanor assault charge.
Abberton was handcuffed and escorted to Oahu Community Correctional Center to serve his term.
Prosecutors had sought a six-month sentence. But District Judge Ray Graulty says Abberton took responsibility for his actions.
A city prosecutor said afterward Abberton got off easy.
Abberton was given a suspended sentence in Australia two years ago after he was convicted of lying to police about his knowledge of the August 2003 Sydney killing of underworld figure Anthony Hines.
Australian surfing celebrity Koby Abberton is serving a three-day sentence for getting in a fight with an off-duty police officer in Honolulu.
The 30-year-old pleaded no contest today to the misdemeanor assault charge.
Abberton was handcuffed and escorted to Oahu Community Correctional Center to serve his term.
Prosecutors had sought a six-month sentence. But District Judge Ray Graulty says Abberton took responsibility for his actions.
A city prosecutor said afterward Abberton got off easy.
Abberton was given a suspended sentence in Australia two years ago after he was convicted of lying to police about his knowledge of the August 2003 Sydney killing of underworld figure Anthony Hines.
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