Sharks star stood down after positive test as police charge half for DUI with suspended licence

Apparently he kicked on after a 'celebration' at a 'team leader's' house, who is on a self-imposed drinking ban himself, but not with any other team-mates, no, they all went home to bed maybe. Gets done the next morning on his way to a recovery session. Well, he had a lot to recover from I guess.

:shocked:

i've got a 1959 Ford Consul here at home now. havent been able to talk Mrs Bernie into checking out the back seat yet.

My '68 Ford Cortina GT might have been tempted to discuss standards, however the 240K had no such complaints...

Ouch! Go and hide under your doona with your bruised ego and your bruised finger tips.Happy to judge others but can’t cop it when someone shove a mirror in there face

Sorry for calling you a baboon. Although you aren't helping yourself with your posts. There is nothing arrogant or condescending about what I am saying. You don't ever get leniency for driving without a licence. Perhaps, instead of reacting so defensively to learning something, you instead act like an adult and take the newly learnt knowledge in how it was intended. It is contested that he blew a negative result on his drug test. It is a fact that he blew over the limit for alcohol and doesn't have a valid licence. There is simply no rationale for those to be falsified. And I'm not sure why you refer to judge and jury. This would be a 10 minute bench hearing. It's not an episode of law and order.

Well it’s refreshing to know that the Roar can be guided by a legal eagle like yourself. Who can wade through all the technicalities of Drugs in Sport AND Drivers Licences,acting as Witness Judge and Jury before ascertaining all the facts. As to your note on my heritage- I’ve been Babooning around responding to arrogant condescending types who think they know all about life cause they can quote from a Book of Statutes

JdB was found not guilty on one charge, and hung jury on the rest. Police have dropped the charges. He is legally innocent.

I’ll tell you this as fact: there is no excuse for driving without a licence. Even if it expired the day before, you are stone cold breaking the law. Ignorance of the law is not an excuse. You cannot go up to the judge and say “well, i wasn’t given a reminder”. It was his responsibility to ensure that at all times he retained a valid licence before driving a vehicle. You can check the 1000’s who you allegedly have been the victim of not being informed by the post. Every single one would still have been punished.

Well I’d hate to get into an argument with a lawyer like yourself- especially one who seems to know all the facts about this mattter

Just to be clear, are you saying that because he didn't see a reminder in the post, then he should be excused for not driving with a valid licence? Even though on his licence it has the expiry date clearly on it?

If workers in a high risk environment (which yours is) are unfit for work due to drug use, it's generally considered that they may be more than an occasional or social user. A more ethical and moral approach is to engage them with an Employee Assistance Program to see if they can be offered help and counselling, while supporting them with suitable duties and/or leave without pay. This is much better than just throwing them out and impacting their families as well. That only leads to other issues. Hopefully your employer will see the light

Aahhhhh yes....the old okey doke

Article says licence suspended. I think a lapsed licence would be called something like 'non-licenced'. Could be wrong.

He'll be retained. He's in good form. Vaughan was a drag on the Dragons (get it?)

He'll get more 1. Leilua did low range. Trindall blew mid range 2. Leilua wasn't on the snort. 3. Leilua had a valid licence. I can see between 6-8 weeks, and agree with your fine.

Hard to argue against that. Crushing their car into a cube would have a better effect.

The Dragons punted "BBQ tongs" Vaughan to the Super League for a Covid breach. I wonder how the Sharks will react to this triple fail?

I've always thought that driving bans for people convicted for unlicensed driving were a complete waste of time. They just keep driving.

They haven't done that for years. Ignorance of the law is no excuse. Millions of Australians, including his team mates, renew it on time