UPDATE: The family of Tom Starling are now considering legal action after the 25-year-old was left injured following an altercation with NSW Police. 9News MORE:
because a court found police were not acting in their duty when they punched him in the face multiple times.
Starling and Jackson, 26, were charged with hindering police while youngest brother had been charged with common assault of a security guard, assault of two officers and resisting police.Charges against Tom Starling have been dropped after a police officer admitted he had "no reason" to punch the NRL player at a pub on the Central Coast.
Police were seen in CCTV footage repeatedly striking Starling in the head, a scene that Covington described as a "free for all". Canberra Raiders player Tom Starling has been charged with assaulting a police officer on the Central Coast.Senior Constable Daniel Drew also admitted to the court that he had "no reason to punch" Starling, the judge said.Josh, who was handcuffed, allegedly kicked and punched police officers while Jackson was held back by another police officer, having tried to intervene.The brothers had been celebrating a friend's 21st that night.
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