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Sex offender evicted after women footballers abandon bush club
Key takeaways
- Tyrendarra Football Netball Club now says it was wrong to welcome back a convicted sex offender.
- A south-west Victorian football club has reversed a decision to allow a convicted sex offender to return to the club after he was jailed for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl.
- The club said the decision was wrong and confirmed the player had been kicked out of the club.
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Tyrendarra Football Netball Club now says it was wrong to welcome back a convicted sex offender. (ABC News: Daniel Miles)
A south-west Victorian football club has reversed a decision to allow a convicted sex offender to return to the club after he was jailed for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl.
The club said the decision was wrong and confirmed the player had been kicked out of the club.
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