WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Japan loose forward Amanaki Mafi has been discharged without conviction but ordered to pay NZ$50,000 (25,720 pounds) after he pled guilty to assaulting former team mate Lopeti Timani in New Zealand in 2018, local media reported on Tuesday.
Mafi, 29, was not present in court in Dunedin and entered a guilty plea to the one charge of assault with intent to injure through his lawyer, the Otago Daily Times reported on their website.
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