Former AFL Hall of Fame member Nicky Winmar is fighting to stay out of prison. (Brendan McCarthy/AAP PHOTOS)Former AFL Hall of Fame member Nicky Winmar is fighting to stay out of prison. Winmar, 60, was in July convicted of a May 2025 assault against a woman at Cohuna in northern Victoria. Winmar argued the woman was lying but Bendigo magistrate Trieu Huynh found him guilty of two counts of common law assault and one charge of unlawful assault. Mr Dann argued while there have been low points, Winmar had also changed society for the better.