A 23-year-old man has been charged after allegedly putting a objective umpire within the head with a bottle throughout St Kilda‘s conflict with Carlton.
Police confirmed a Northcote man had been charged with recklessly trigger harm, discharge a missile and illegal assault.
He has been bailed and can seem earlier than the Melbourne Magistrates’ Courtroom on November 1.
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The actions of the gang member soured St Kilda’s win as objective umpire Steven Piperno was left bloodied by the flying bottle that hit behind his head.
Piperno was instantly changed by emergency umpire Chelsea Roffey as he was attended to by medical workers.
Objective-line footage was replayed following the incident, leaving commentators shocked by the incident.
“That’s simply nothing wanting disgraceful,” Brian Taylor mentioned in commentary on Seven.
AFL umpire struck by bottle. Seven Community
“It should have had water in it too inflict any kind of reduce.
“There isn’t a room for that anyplace in any of our video games regardless.
“He seems to be OK and he is taken it in good spirit however there’s various blood being drawn out the again of his head there. Not one thing to make mild of.”
Sydney Swans nice Jude Bolton slammed the incident on X, writing: “Bloody terrible seeing a bottle thrown on the objective umpire.”
“Unacceptable and disgusting behaviour.”
ABC reporter Lauren Bordin reported on X that the person had left the stadium earlier than he might be thrown out by safety.
Carlton coach Michael Voss expressed his disappointment following the sport.
“That’s not what it is about,” he mentioned.
“We spend a number of time round attempting to encourage and produce pleasure at our soccer membership and we wish to create that actual secure surroundings and I reckon we do that basically effectively and we’ll proceed to strengthen that.
“If you hear cases like that, it is one thing for the AFL to observe up fairly strongly and I do know our membership will.
“I’ve solely heard about it however I’m positive we’ll observe that up fairly strongly as we ought to be.”
The AFL has but to touch upon the incident.
The slim 11.8 (74) – 11.10 (76) victory for St Kilda reduces Carlton’s finals likelihood, with the Blues destiny positioned within the palms of Freemantle.
The Dockers require Port Adelaide to beat Fremantle within the final recreation of the season, which might lock them into an elimination closing in opposition to the Brisbane Lions on the Gabba.
