Manase Fainu found guilty

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NRL young gun Manase Fainu found guilty of vicious church stabbing
Manly hooker Manase Fainu is facing years in jail after he was found guilty of stabbing a man during a wild and bloody Mormon church brawl.

CCTV played in court has shown rising NRL star Manase Fainu jumping over a fence into a Mormon church shortly before a wild brawl that ended in a stabbing.

NRL rising star Manase Fainu has been found guilty of stabbing a church youth leader during a violent and bloody brawl outside a Mormon church dance.
Fainu, 24, pleaded not guilty to plunging a steak knife into the back of Faamanu Levi at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Wattle Grove in southwestern Sydney on the evening of October 25, 2019.

But it only took the jury a few hours to find him guilty of one count of wounding a person with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and is facing a maximum of 25 years in prison. The jury accepted the Crown prosecution’s argument that Fainu stabbed Mr Levi in the back near his shoulder blade and cut him above his right eye during a brawl also involving four of his mates and another group of men.

NRL rising star Manase Fainu has been found guilty. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Christian Gilles.
One eyewitness, Tony Quach, told the court that he had seen Mr Fainu, who had his arm in a sling at the time, stab Mr Levi, puncturing his lungs and causing internal bleeding.
It was not in issue during the trial that Fainu had his arm in a sling after undergoing shoulder surgery a month earlier or that he was in the carpark.
But he denied playing any part in the stabbing or the brawl, claiming it was a case of mistaken identity.
Fainu claimed he was about 10m away and began back-pedalling because he feared for his safety when he heard someone yell “knife, knife”.
But Mr Quach told the court he saw Fainu stab his friend Mr Levi and was able to identify him by his distinctive sling.

Faamanu Levi was stabbed during a brawl following a Mormon church dance. Picture: Shannon Tonkin.

Tony Quach says he saw Manase Fainu stab a man during a wild church brawl. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Christian Gilles.
During his evidence, Mr Quach said Fainu had not started the fight but “he ended it”.
“I saw the knife plunged into Levi’s back,” Mr Quach said.
“Who did you see plunge the knife into Levi’s back?” Crown prosecutor Emma Curran asked.
“The accused,” Mr Quach said, adding he saw Fainu with one arm in a sling and holding a knife in his other hand, with his arm bent at a 90-degree angle.
Mr Quach described Fainu as having an angry look on his face.
The court was told that earlier in the evening, two of Fainu’s friends – including Uona “Big Buck” Faingaa – were involved in an altercation on the church hall dance floor and were escorted out.

Fainu said he went to the church dance with four of his friends because Mr Faingaa was seeking to collect money owed to him by a man for a concreting job.
The Manly Sea Eagles hooker said he left the church grounds as his mates were being escorted out and apologised to a security guard for his friends’ behaviour as he exited.
Ms Curran said another man, Kupi Toilalo, said he saw a man approach him and his friends during the incident with his left arm in a sling holding a knife.
“When Kupi saw this, he was at arm’s length away from the person holding the knife, nothing obstructing his view,” Ms Curran said.
CCTV played during the trial showed Fainu jumping the fence from a Coles carpark back into the church grounds shortly before the brawl.

He said he jumped the fence despite admitting that he could have walked back in via the front gate.
“Manase Fainu jumped over a fence into the grounds of the church, he was with four of his friends and the group of them approached Mr Levi and his friends,” Ms Curran said during her closing submissions.
“A brawl broke out and when things looked like they were getting out of hand, Mr Fainu pulled out a knife and plunged it into the back of Mr Levi, causing a wound that punctured his lung and caused internal bleeding.”
Fainu will be sentenced at a later date.



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Is it true he was contracted to manly throughout this whole period so basically has been paid for years to do nothing?

Also confirming his contract will be torn up immediately?
 

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So stupid, you're meant to stop stabbing ***** once you're out of school. Especially stupid considering he had a long NRL future lined up for himself.
 

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Should rip all the other brothers contracts up as well. So many of them.
 

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Enjoy gaol. Stabbing someone in the back.. weak gutted dog.
Get it right. Hes a weak gutted dog person. Lol

Backstabber literally. What an asshole. He lost millions he would have earned in footy over 1 hot headed moment. And he gets to go to jail. Winning.
 

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After watching "Keep Sweet Pray and Obey" on Netflix, this stabbing at a Mormon church makes complete farking sense.
 

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The fact he had a knife on him meant he went there with the mindset to cause harm. Bloke had an arm in a sling too, absolute low life
 

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Get it right. Hes a weak gutted dog person. Lol

Backstabber literally. What an asshole. He lost millions he would have earned in footy over 1 hot headed moment. And he gets to go to jail. Winning.
Taking a knife is not a hot headed moment , he knew what he was doing. Hope he rots
 
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