AFL news: Toby Greenes father jailed, Michael Greene, Grand Final, headbutt

The estranged father of GWS footballer Toby Greene has been sentenced to nine months behind bars for headbutting a policewoman at the AFL grand final.

Michael Greene, 60, was sentenced in Ringwood Magistrates Court on Friday after he headbutted Constable Rachel Miller after watching Greater Western Sydney go down to Richmond on September 28.

Const. Miller was in court as magistrate David Starvaggi handed down the sentence.

The incident occurred on AFL Grand Final day after police were called following reports of a drunken man in the bathrooms of the MCG just after 5pm.

He was arrested just after 5pm and as he was being escorted from the grounds he allegedly headbutted a policewoman, Victoria Police said in a statement.

The 59-year-old was charged with intentionally causing injury, resisting police and assaulting police.

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