Tara Cosoleto

Updated August 28, 2026 — 6:08pm , first published 1:52pm

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Former AFL star Nicky Winmar has been freed on bail so he can appeal a six-month jail term for a violent and unprovoked attack.

Winmar, 60, had been pushing to get a community corrections order for the May 2025 assault against a woman in Cohuna in northern Victoria.

However, Bendigo magistrate Trieu Huynh on Friday found the offending was so serious it warranted a term of imprisonment

Winmar dropped his head as the magistrate handed down the jail term.

He would also be…

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