Man suing over 'coward punch' report

By Margaret Scheikowski
Updated March 18 2019 - 1:28pm, first published 1:26pm
Sam Oliver is suing a media outlet over its reporting of his punch on Olympian James Stannard.
Sam Oliver is suing a media outlet over its reporting of his punch on Olympian James Stannard.

A young Englishman is suing for defamation over the use of the term "coward punch" in a news report on his being acquitted of assaulting Australia's former rugby sevens captain.