A RUGBY player who hit his teammate in a love triangle bust-up has told of his relief after a jury said it was self-defence.
David Gwilliam, 30, hit Medway player Johnathan Rumsey over his links to Lucy Hawkins, 26.
Lucy was with ex-Para Rumsey for six years before David. Rumsey later got a restraining order for harassing her.
David hit him before a match in Bexleyheath, South East London, in March 2016, breaking his eye socket and cheekbone.
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A jury at Inner London crown court cleared him of GBH last week.
David, of Gillingham, Kent, now wed to Lucy, said: “There’s a sense that justice prevailed.”
Rumsey said: “The guy should be punished for hitting me. In a rugby club, going out with someone’s ex is a no-no.”
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