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Dally M medallist and Roosters NRL star Todd Carney avoids jail for drink-driving
A GOOD attitude has saved Sydney rugby league star Todd Carney from jail time.
A magistrate has handed him a six-month suspended sentence over a low-range drink driving offence. In Waverley Local Court today, Magistrate Jacqueline Milledge warned Carney that she had planned to send him to prison but decided to give him a discount based on his good attitude.
The 2010 Dally M medallist and Sydney Roosters five-eighth had pleaded guilty to the charge after he was pulled over for a random breath test in the eastern suburb of Coogee about 7am on February 26.
The footballer, who was on P-plates, returned a blood alcohol level of 0.052. P-plate drivers are not allowed to have any alcohol in their system while driving. The court was told Carney was receiving help for his alcohol problem, had been doing volunteer work with the Salvation Army and was doing his best to get back on track.
His lawyer Stephen Alexander told the court Carney's contract with the Sydney Roosters was on the line and that the club had fined him $10,000, which went to clubs in Queensland after the floods earlier this year.
Carney told the magistrate he had let down himself and his family.
"The hardest thing for me was to admit I had a drink problem," he said.
"That's what has brought me before the court today." Carney said he felt he was turning a corner on a daily basis and would do everything in his power to overcome his problems and achieve what was asked of him by the court today. The court was told his problems began when his father was diagnosed with dementia 2003 and died some years later.
In the intervening years, Carney was convicted of a number of driving offences, including drink driving and driving while disqualified.
Ms Milledge handed Carney a six-month suspended sentence and disqualified him from driving for 10 months. He was also placed on a six-month good behaviour bond.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/bre...-1226034640979
A GOOD attitude has saved Sydney rugby league star Todd Carney from jail time.
A magistrate has handed him a six-month suspended sentence over a low-range drink driving offence. In Waverley Local Court today, Magistrate Jacqueline Milledge warned Carney that she had planned to send him to prison but decided to give him a discount based on his good attitude.
The 2010 Dally M medallist and Sydney Roosters five-eighth had pleaded guilty to the charge after he was pulled over for a random breath test in the eastern suburb of Coogee about 7am on February 26.
The footballer, who was on P-plates, returned a blood alcohol level of 0.052. P-plate drivers are not allowed to have any alcohol in their system while driving. The court was told Carney was receiving help for his alcohol problem, had been doing volunteer work with the Salvation Army and was doing his best to get back on track.
His lawyer Stephen Alexander told the court Carney's contract with the Sydney Roosters was on the line and that the club had fined him $10,000, which went to clubs in Queensland after the floods earlier this year.
Carney told the magistrate he had let down himself and his family.
"The hardest thing for me was to admit I had a drink problem," he said.
"That's what has brought me before the court today." Carney said he felt he was turning a corner on a daily basis and would do everything in his power to overcome his problems and achieve what was asked of him by the court today. The court was told his problems began when his father was diagnosed with dementia 2003 and died some years later.
In the intervening years, Carney was convicted of a number of driving offences, including drink driving and driving while disqualified.
Ms Milledge handed Carney a six-month suspended sentence and disqualified him from driving for 10 months. He was also placed on a six-month good behaviour bond.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/bre...-1226034640979
