Criminal Conviction
On 3 March 2011 Hall was sentenced to 20 weeks imprisonment after pleading guilty to affray after an incident outside a Southend nightclub at the club's Christmas party on 19 December 2010. The court heard that Hall retaliated to racist comments made to him, and that he suffered a broken jaw in the altercation. Southend United insisted the player would not be sacked.
On 4 March 2011, Hall was granted bail pending an appeal against the severity of the sentence, and his sentence was reduced to 12 weeks, with the sentence suspended for a year, and 150 hours of community service.
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