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Roosters star halfback Todd Carney has narrowly avoided going to prison, handed a six-month suspended sentence for drink-driving, after recording a 0.052 blood alcohol level on a P-plate license.
An embarassed Carney fronted Waverly Local Court to answer a drink-driving charge.
Carney’s admission he had “eight or ten beers” the night before, and his existing poor record after a series of other driving offences, drew a sharp response from Magistrate Jacqueline Milledge.
“I look at your driving record and it says to me you need to be taught a lesson. If you come back to me on any driving matter … your feet won’t hit the floor and you’ll be out that door.”
“You’re worth a chance but you let me down and you’ll know what happened,” said Magistrate Milledge.
“[Carney has] got to understand that he’s one step away from going to jail.”
Carney also received a ten month disqualification from driving.
NRL chief David Gallop said the punishment dished out by the justice system was sufficient.
“I’m very comfortable with how that was dealt with,” said Gallop, a former lawyer.
“It was always going to come to the courts, they’ve dealt with it, Todd’s got some ongoing programs – the Roosters are keeping us up to date with how that’s going.
“He’s got some challenges ahead of him he’s trying to address. To his credit he’s put his hand up and said he does have some issues.”
By NSW law, P-platers are not allowed to have any alcohol in their blood.