Russell Packer's mentor David Lomax surprised at two-year prison sentence for assault "As a club still believe we have a duty of care to Russell and his family": Knights coach Wayne Bennett. The former Warriors prop moved to Newcastle ahead of the 2014 season after signing a three-year deal with the Knights but his future is very much up in the air. Russell Packer arrives at Downing Centre Courts in Sydney on Monday morning. Packer's victim, Enoka Time, has closed a social media account after making disparaging comments regarding what his attacker can expect to face in prison. Time reportedly posted on Facebook on Monday soon after Packer received his sentence. The 22-year-old made standard prison-style references to what Packer can look forward to while serving time for an incident that left Time unconscious with facial injuries. Russell Packer was signed from the New Zealand Warriors but has yet to play for the Newcastle Knights. Packer's long-time mentor David Lomax has labelled the former Kiwi international's two-year prison sentence for assault as harsh. He also described the 24-year-old's actions as "completely out of character." Lomax, back in New Zealand after a holiday to Australia, discovered Packer when he was a 15-year-old rugby union prop training with the Levin Lions senior rugby league team in 2005. He was shocked by the length of the sentence. "It seems a little bit harsh," Lomax said. That's not to condone what happened - but when I was over there, there was a lot of media about some stuff that has been happening around Kings Cross in Sydney, and guys getting knocked over. Meanwhile, Sensible Sentencing Trust spokesman Garth McVicar said Packer's two-year prison sentence was "not enough" and believes it should be increased to five years in the Court of Appeal. "When Russell Packer stepped off the field he enters the world of you and me and the rules called the criminal law apply equally to everyone," he said.