Former NRL star Chris Sandow has been sentenced to prison after being caught with a rifle in public and throwing rocks at cars. <\/p>\n
The ex-Rabbitohs and Eels playmaker pleaded guilty to several offences in Ipswich Magistrates Court last Friday, including one count of unlawfully possessing a category H weapon in public, one count of assaulting and obstructing police officers, two counts of wilful damages and other offences. <\/p>\n
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