AAP General News (Australia)
04-01-2004
WA: Fremantle Dockers star Jeff Farmer in court today
By Tim Clarke
PERTH, April 1 AAP - AFL star Jeff Farmer will face a Perth court today charged with
assaulting his long-time girlfriend.
The 26-year-old Fremantle Dockers' player is due to appear in Perth Court of Petty
Sessions on one count of common assault arising out of an incident in suburban Osborne
Park on Tuesday.
A statement from Dockers' chief executive Cameron Schwab yesterday said Farmer intended
to deny the charge, which carries a maximum penalty of 18 months jail or a $6,000 fine.
The club also said Farmer, who is signed with the Dockers until the end of 2007, would
train with the team today and remain available for selection for the game against the
Sydney Swans in Sydney on Sunday.
The criminal charge is the latest in a string of off-field setbacks for the mercurial
goal-kicker, who was barely seen at Fremantle Oval during the build-up to the season.
Farmer's uncle died on the eve of the club's first Wizard Cup game, and then a teenage
cousin died in a road accident near his home town of Tambellup in WA' south.
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