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BREAKING NEWS Shock update as an Aussie dad involved in wild beach club brawl in Bali learns his fate
An Aussie man involved in a carpark brawl outside a popular beach club while holidaying in Bali will be freed from jail within days.
Mohamed Rifai, 27, from south-west Sydney, was sentenced to four months minus time served on Thursday after being found guilty of assault.
Rifai was arrested in February following a wild brawl outside Finns Beach Club in North Kuta involving up to 15 security staff and four other Australian tourists.
He will walk free in mid-June once he has completed his four month term in Bali's notorious Kerobokan prison.
Rifai accepted the verdict and decided not to appeal.
His lawyer Sabam Antonius welcomed the sentence, which was a month shorter than the five month jail term recommended by the prosecutor.
'We accept this sentence, this is best sentence. That's why we decided to accept the sentence,' Mr Antonius said.
Denpasar District Court judge Anak Agung Made Aripathi cited a range of mitigating and aggravating factors in reaching his sentencing decision.
That Rifai apparently regretted his conduct, admitted to his behaviour and had no criminal record weighed against a harsher sentence.
Rifai hugged his father after learning his fate
He didn't comment on the verdict while leaving court.
More to come.
