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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Toby Vue

'Too acute, too serious': man sent to jail for throwing traffic cone at police

Silivelio Malo Sione, 31, has been sentenced to jail for assaulting a club patron and throwing a traffic cone at police. Picture: Karleen Minney

A man who punched a good Samaritan and threw a traffic cone at a police car tried to get a lenient punishment by citing his trauma suffered from when he was rescued through rubble.

Silivelio Malo Sione, 31, in September 2020 chased a Raiders Gungahlin Club patron around the pokies before landing a punch to the victim's face then stealing his cigarettes after he fell onto the ground, the ACT Magistrates Court heard on Monday.

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