Fallen NRL star Brett Finch has been spared going to jail after an attempt to buy drugs ended with him pleading guilty to child abuse charges.
Judge Phillip Mahony sentenced Finch to two years imprisonment, suspending it with a $1000 surety and conditions in Sydney’s Downing Centre District Court on Wednesday.
Mr Mahony accepted there were “exceptional circumstances” to his offending, which was the result of Finch’s drug addiction and not motivated by a sexual interest in children.
The two-year sentence is suspended under a recognisance release order.
