It was a terrible argument, and the tribunal prob wished he had a better one. The club had nowhere else to go though, as retaliation wouldve seen a min 4 week ban. The penalty or need to reduce was likely agreed before the hearing though, as they often are. With the overall view of Murphy contributing to it - either by previous altercation or lowering himself, so 3 was seen as a more fitting result. Or maybe................I just don’t get his testimony of trying to get separation. He was already separated before moving towards Murphy.
If the ball had been coming in he would have had prime position.
The testimony of Murphy being disregarded was also v interesting. I would not be surprised at all if the actual events went something like Lethlean calling the powers that be and stating / threatening that "look he racially abused Caminiti, calling him a dirty ***. (as heard by fans over the fence) If you want to open this up and smack us & the kid, we'll bring this up. Otherwise settle on 3 and we wont push the race card. The player is also happy with this & wont take it further."
Having worked in the industry, I have seen similar and crazier things than this happen.
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