IT was a "coward punch" that could have killed a young man on a night out in Newcastle West last year that led to a Penrith Panthers junior losing his contract and his job as a teacher's aid.
But the "brain snap" will not end with Immanuel Tagaloamatua spending any time in jail, with a magistrate on Friday finding the 21-year-old could serve an 18-month sentence in the community as an intensive corrections order (ICO) due to his prior good character, youth and "strong prospects of rehabilitation."
