Nick Kyrgios denied ‘indulgence’ of a three-month court delay

Lawyer says tennis star spends very little time in the ACT' in requesting adjournment over charge of assaulting his ex-girlfriend

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Nick Kyrgios has been refused the indulgence" of a November court date, after the tennis star's lawyer asked for a three-month delay because his client does not spend much time in the Australian Capital Territory.

On Tuesday the ACT magistrates court met for a hearing in Kyrgios' case, after he was summoned to appear to face a charge of assaulting his former girlfriend in relation to an incident in Canberra last December.

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