I will live with the pain for the rest of my life:The Luai bond prison couldn't break

I will live with the pain for the rest of my life:The Luai bond prison couldn't break

Martin Luai watched his son's first NRL game inside a prison cell. Even the guards treated him differently after that.

  • byMichael Chammas

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