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Warrnambool Greyhound Trainer Neville Grey Warned Off All Tracks For Life

Written By Kevin Pitstock, Editor
<http://www.australianracinggreyhound.com/author/admin> & Australian
Greyhound Racing Expert Contributor Tuesday 10th July 2012

Description: Warrnambool Greyhound Trainer Neville Grey Warned Off All
Tracks For Life

Greyhound Racing <http://www.australianracinggreyhound.com/> Victoria
<http://www.australianracinggreyhound.co ... ing/victor
ian-greyhound-racing/transitional-board-appointed-for-greyhound-racing-victo
ria/35103> have just released details of a stewards
<http://www.australianracinggreyhound.com/tag/stewards> inquiry conducted
last week that has seen Warrnambool
<http://www.australianracinggreyhound.co ... lds/victor
ian-fields/warrnambool-fields/saturday-7th-may-2011-2/27637> greyhound
<http://www.australianracinggreyhound.co ... lds/new-so
uth-wales-fields/nowra-fields/sunday-8th-may-2011-8/27685> trainer Neville
Grey "warned off" for life.

GRV stewards charged Mr Grey with the charge of engaging in "conduct between
19th December
<http://www.australianracinggreyhound.co ... lds/new-so
uth-wales-fields/wauchope-fields/frdiay-26th-december-2008/7319> 2010 and
14th March 2011, which in the opinion of the stewards was improper and
constituted misconduct" in relation to Greyhound Racing
<http://www.australianracinggreyhound.com/> .

Under Rule 47.1 of the Greyhound Racing
<http://www.australianracinggreyhound.com/> Victoria Local Rules this
constituted a Serious Offence. As a result, on 4th July, 2012, this matter
was heard before the Racing Appeals & Disciplinary Board in the first
instance under Greyhound Racing <http://www.australianracinggreyhound.com/>
Victoria Local Rule 47.1 and Sections 83C(b) and 83M of the Racing Act.

Mr. Glenn Fish <http://www.australianracinggreyhound.com/tag/glenn-fish>
(GRV Chief Steward
<http://www.australianracinggreyhound.co ... ing/queens
land-greyhound-racing/greyhound-racing-chief-steward-position-still-vacant-i
n-queensland/27004> ) represented the Stewards Panel.

Mr. Grey did not appear. Mr Fish stated that Mr. Grey had previously advised
him by telephone that he would not be appearing at the hearing. The RADB,
being satisfied that Mr. Grey had been advised of the date, time and venue
of the hearing, determined to conduct the hearing in Mr. Grey's absence.

After hearing all the evidence tendered, the RADB found Mr. Grey guilty as
charged and disqualified him and warned him off all Victorian Greyhound
Tracks for life, effective 4th July, 2012.

The charges and subsequent penalty stem from a Warrnambool County Court
hearing earlier this year, having pleaded guilty to two counts of committing
an indecent act with a girl aged under 16 years and one charge of stalking.

Grey was convicted and received a six-month jail sentence which was
suspended for two years.

He was also placed on a two-year Community
<http://www.australianracinggreyhound.com/network/> corrections order which
includes conditions he undertake a sex offender's program, not attend race
meetings
<http://www.australianracinggreyhound.co ... ing/greyho
und-betting-australian-greyhound-racing/betting-exchange-giant-dumps-low-cla
ss-greyhound-meetings/25383> and he has to complete 100 hours of Community
<http://www.australianracinggreyhound.com/network/> work.

Crown prosecutor Andrew Barnett said previously Grey and the victim were
involved in racing and that between mid-December 2010 and mid-January
<http://www.australianracinggreyhound.co ... lds/new-so
uth-wales-fields/bathurst-fields/monday-24th-january-2011-8/25745> 2011 the
defendant touched the girl's genitals and breasts over her clothes in two
separate incidents.

In March last year, Grey attended a sporting function where the girl was
playing and later went to her home several times. He also called her mobile
telephone nine times.

The incidents were reported to police on March 14 last year and Grey was
arrested the following day.

In a victim impact statement that the girl stated that "she could no longer
go to races because people looked at her like she had done something wrong".
She said that before the offending she was the happiest person but now found
life very difficult and her whole family had fallen apart.

As well as a local Warrnambool greyhound trainer, Grey was a Community
<http://www.australianracinggreyhound.com/network/> volunteer, family man
and had spent the past 41 years working at the Warrnambool Cheese and Butter
Factory.