NRL, the Mole news 2023, Brett White saves woman from attack on Gold Coast
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Former Raiders and NSW prop Brett White has been hailed as a hero after saving a woman from a vicious attack on the Gold Coast on Tuesday night.
White recently moved to Surfers Paradise to join the Titans coaching staff but any hopes of a quiet lifestyle change were dashed after an horrific incident.
A bystander called Wide World of Sports to report White’s brave deed and the former star forward was reluctant to say too much about the incident.
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« I just did what I think any bloke would do in that situation, » White said.
« It was around midnight and I heard a car doing burnouts, then I heard a woman screaming.
« I could see out the window a bloke was punching her, pulling her hair and kicking her in the head so I ran out and told the missus to call the cops.
« I came in behind him, put him in a choker hold and pinned him down for about five minutes until the cops arrived.
« They knew the bloke – it obviously wasn’t his first offence – and they took him away and the poor woman went to hospital in an ambulance. »
But what worried White was what detectives told him when they arrived.
« They said they had it all on CCTV footage and the guy had history but added it’s very tough to prosecute if the victim doesn’t lodge a complaint, » White said.
« One of my best mates lost his sister to domestic violence – she was murdered by her partner – so I just hope the justice system can do something about this. »
The witness, who declined to be named, praised White’s actions.
« The guy was really doing her over, » he said.
« If this guy hadn’t have come up, I hate to think what would have happened. »
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