Grant pleaded guilty to seven charges in June and was sentenced to six months in prison, but on Tuesday that was replaced with a community corrections order<\/a> instead.<\/p>\n Judge Susan Cohen said:<\/p>\n \u201cI regard it of particular concern that it took three serious incidents to bring you to the realisation of the harm you were doing.<\/p>\n \u201cAs an admired footballer \u2026 you had a responsibility as a role model to football followers of all ages.<\/p>\n \u201cSporting celebrity does not entitle you to any special treatment or extra leniency before the law.<\/p>\n \u201cHowever nor does it deprive you of the benefits of principles of sentencing to which every person who comes before courts is entitled.<\/p>\n \u201cYou otherwise have been functioning as a responsible member of the community engaged in employment until that ceased as a result of these charges.<\/p>\n \u201cThe publicity in relation to your offending and appearance before court has resulted in what your counsel called extra-curial punishment. That means punishment outside what a court imposes, specifically publicity that has led to your having to leave your previous employment and with that losing your income.<\/p>\n \u201cThere will also be the shame inflicted because of such publicity.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Following the news, Penbo said the judgment was \u201cdangerous horsesh*t\u201d.<\/p>\n\n That Shannon Grant judgment on appeal is dangerous horseshit. The idea that his 3 x assaults on his ex (who was hospitalised) were merely \u201closs of control\u201d and somehow not deliberate lets him and other thugs off the hook<\/p>— David Penberthy (@penbo) August 7, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>
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