Danny Hodgson

A 17-year-old was sentenced to three years and eight months in juvenile detention after punching soccer star Danny Hodgson, 26, without warning at a Perth ...

Please urge the judicial system to give Danny Hodgson the justice he deserves tomorrow. Please urge the judicial system to give Danny Hodgson the justice he deserves tomorrow.' The teen is seen circled in red clenching his fist before punching Mr Hodgson 'This leniency has to stop. His charges related to attacking strangers without reason, stealing alcohol, and breaking curfew and bail. Danny is pictured far left before the attack 'It was a single moment in time that would not only alter the course of his life, but the lives of all those who know and love him,' Mrs Hodgson said on Thursday night. Mr Hodgson is seen walking out of hospital with the help of his father and nurse as he is finally released from hospital Once a fit and strong semi-professional footballer, Mr Hodgson spent months in hospital learning how to put one foot in front of another again with the help of nurses and physios. At the time of the attack the court heard he was subject to a 24-hour curfew. What has come as another blow to the Hodgson family is that their son's attacker was on bail for 23 charges at the time of the punch and should never have been out that night. In the vision the teen, who was aged 16 at the time, is seen speaking to an intoxicated Mr Hodgson who was heading home after end of season celebrations.

The now 17-year-old was sentenced in Perth Children's Court today, to 3 years and 8 months in juvenile detention for the attack – which left Danny Hodgson ...

His family were pretty upset.” “These leading doctors that treated Danny in the intensive care unit had never seen anybody survive the brain injury that Danny sustained that night, when he was punched in the jaw and fell back and hit his head,” he said. “Regardless of the light sentence that the offender got today, Danny’s serving his sentence for the rest of his life,” Peter Hodgson said outside court.

The 17-year-old boy who bashed footballer Danny Hodgson, 26, in a cowardly one-punch attack has been jailed for almost four years after admitting he 'ruined ...

Please urge the judicial system to give Danny Hodgson the justice he deserves tomorrow. Please urge the judicial system to give Danny Hodgson the justice he deserves tomorrow.' Danny is pictured far left before the attack But the nightmare journey we have been living isn't over yet and we have one more thing to ask of you all. Danny continues to amaze us every day and we are in awe of his courage and determination. We understand the Judge in this case has the power to issue a maximum sentence of ten years imprisonment for the horrendous crime against Danny. It was a single moment in time that would not only alter the course of his life, but the lives of all those who know and love him. He spent weeks in an induced coma after he was rushed to Royal Perth Hospital with severe head injuries and underwent emergency surgery for bleeding to the brain and a skull fracture. Once a fit and strong semi-professional footballer, her son remains in hospital learning how to put one foot in front of another again with the help of nurses and physios. 'It was a single moment in time that would not only alter the course of his life, but the lives of all those who know and love him,' Ms Hodgson said on Thursday night. The 17-year-old, who was 16 at the time of the attack, was sentenced to three years and eight months in juvenile detention in Perth Children's Court on Friday. The court heard the teen was on bail and was meant to be subject to a 24-hour curfew when he attacked Mr Hodgson.

A 17-year-old Australian boy has been jailed over an unprovoked one-punch attack on a Cumbrian footballer in Perth. The assault in September left Danny ...

Mr Hodgson was treated for a bleed on the brain and a fractured skull. "He had lived in regional Western Australia before but the trouble seemed to happen when he came to Perth and he was unsupervised and was roaming the city's streets when he encountered Danny Hodgson, who had been out celebrating with team-mates after playing the final game of the season." ABC journalist Joanna Menagh, who was in court, told BBC Radio Cumbria: "The attack on Danny Hodgson was a culmination of a seven-month crime spree of this young teenager. The teenager was sentenced to three years and eight months in juvenile detention and he will have to serve 22 months before he can be considered for early release. Perth Children's Court heard the youth was on bail and meant to be subject to a 24-hour curfew when he punched Mr Hodgson without warning near the city's train station in the early hours of 5 September. It emerged in court the offender had a violent past and was subject to a 24-hour curfew at the time of the attack.

Unseen security footage of the unprovoked attack on Perth soccer player Danny Hodgson shows for the first time the moment that changed the young man's life ...

“Regardless of the light sentence that the offender got today, Danny is serving his sentence for the rest of his life,” Mr Hodgson said. Judge Hylton Quail acknowledged that the now 17-year-old had a “difficult time as a child and was exposed to considerable neglect”. In the months beforehand, Danny’s attacker was on a crime rampage across Perth. Friday marked a bitter sweet day for his family, but nothing could ruin the moment Danny left hospital for good in a big step along the very long road to recovery. A cowardly, single punch that meant a frantic dash across the globe for Danny’s parents. As shown in the player above, the footage shows Danny alone and vulnerable after a night of heavy drinking in September.

The soccer player was punched to the ground by a teenager in Western Australia in September last year. Mr Hodgson was on the way home from end-of-season ...

The teen was sentenced to three-and-a-half years. They called on the judge to impose the maximum penalty of 10 years in jail. When the soccer player went in to shake hands, the stranger had other intentions.