FORMER AFL footballer Liam Jurrah has been sentenced to six months jail over an assault on a woman outside a 24-hour store in Alice Springs on March 28.

The sentence was backdated three months to April 27, and he will be released from jail on July 27 into a 12-month good behaviour probation period.

Jurrah pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated assault in the Alice Springs Magistrates Court before Magistrate David Bamber.

Other charges against Jurrah, 24, of aggravated assault and causing serious harm were withdrawn.

In handing down the sentence, Magistrate Bamber said Jurrah had good prospects of not reoffending.

Jurrah's co-accused Mathius Walker, 32, also pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated assault. He was sentenced to a total of 11 months jail, suspended after six months, backdated to March 28. He will also be released into a 12-month probation.

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Originally published as Jurrah jailed for assaulting woman