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| State of Origin streaker sentenced to jail | State of Origin streaker sentenced to jail |
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| The rugby league State of Origin streaker has been sentenced to three months' jail. | The rugby league State of Origin streaker has been sentenced to three months' jail. |
| New Zealander Wati Holmwood ran onto the field wearing nothing but a pair of shoes during the final minutes of the Origin decider in July. | New Zealander Wati Holmwood ran onto the field wearing nothing but a pair of shoes during the final minutes of the Origin decider in July. |
| He pleaded guilty to entering a playing field without authorisation and wilful and obscene exposure in a public place. | He pleaded guilty to entering a playing field without authorisation and wilful and obscene exposure in a public place. |
| Magistrate Christopher Longley on Thursday sentenced him to three months' jail for two good behaviour bond breaches. | Magistrate Christopher Longley on Thursday sentenced him to three months' jail for two good behaviour bond breaches. |
| He's also been fined $2,000 for baring all in front of 83,000 spectators who'd turned out to watch the NSW-Queensland clash. | |
| Wearing a maroon jacket, Holmwood was expressionless as sheriffs led him from the court room. | |
| The 33-year-old had been slated for sentencing last week but did not appear at the time. | |
| His lawyer, Will Tuckey, had pushed for a non-custodial or suspended sentence. | |
| But the magistrate said he considered jail the only appropriate option for the serial streaker, who got his kit off in 2011 at a Warriors vs Tigers match at Leichhardt in Sydney's inner west. | |
| "In the circumstances of totality, bearing in mind the breach of bond as well as the offence that constituted the breach of bond, I do come to that conclusion," Mr Longley told Burwood Local Court. | |
| Holmwood could have been slapped with a maximum jail term of 18 months. | |
| The court heard the offender was of "limited" intelligence and his latest public nude run had damaged his already-strained relations with family. | |
| "This is a gentleman with complicated needs, he's had a great deal of media attention, he's been publicly humiliated," Mr Tuckey said. | |
| The lawyer, who indicated he would appeal the sentence, said the Origin streaking was a victimless crime viewed by many as a "comic" incident. | |
| "It would be hard to find a person who was particularly offended on that night," he said. | |
| "There's no evidence of anyone being traumatised by the action and there's no evidence of any ongoing harm." | |
| Holmwood is expected to apply for bail once his appeal is lodged. |