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Daily Mirror
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Liam Prenderville

Former rugby league star avoids jail after smashing glass over woman's head in pub

Ex-rugby league star Danny Williams has avoided jail after being convicted for glassing a woman in a pub in Sydney.

Williams, 49, enjoyed an impressive career in Australia with NRL sides North Sydney Bears and Melbourne Storm and later spent two seasons with London Broncos.

Williams appeared in court in Manly, Sydney, on Wednesday and pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm during the incident on October 1.

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