Parramatta youngster Jaemon Salmon has been convicted of drink driving, after hitting three cars and flipping his own vehicle on the morning of October 13 last year.
The 20-year-old returned a blood alcohol reading of 0.068 after heading to hospital following the incident, after partying in a Cronulla club the night before.
Salmon said he was distracted when the incident occurred, and told police he was using his phone when the crash happened.
โI think I might have been looking at my phone,โ Salmon said.
โI donโt know if I was texting, or using Facebook - I just remember looking up and hitting something before the car started rolling.โ
Salmon's Solicitor Wawrick Kron told the Sutherland Local Court Salmon was very remorseful, and wanted the full brunt of the punishment.
โHe says, Iโm here to say sorry and not to ask for leniency,โ Mr Korn said.
โThe trauma of the offence, Iโm instructed, has moved him to publicly and sincerely apologise to the court and the local community.
โHe and his family were shaken to the core.โ
Magistrate Jayeann Carney convicted Salmon of low-range drink driving, and fined him $1500. He has now also been disqualified from driving for six months.
โHe has a job as a footballer which carries a lot of responsibility, including behaving appropriately in the community,โ Ms Carney said.
โA personโs life can change overnight - as a magistrate for 21 years, I have seen the trauma to the individuals appearing before the court, and this is an area which causes the community to really suffer.โ
I didnโt realize it was so serious.
Can anyone guess what punishment Parra will hand him?
I reckon a 2 year contract extension and elevation to the leadership group. ๐
You seriously set up jokes for yourself???? Cmon man!!! Your surely better than that.
I was waiting for someone else to say it, but couldnโt resist.
Screamingeagle i had a good laugh at that one
all his got 2 do is ring up greg inglis & inglis lawer will get him off lol
Just say you will do some community service and are Aboriginal. All sorted then.
It might be low range drink driving for someone on a full licence, but for a green P plater whoโs supposed to maintain a zero alcohol level with a reading of 0.068?
Ha ha ha ha
Iโll pay that.
Iโd pay that too.
Itโs not nice, but it is witty. Of course if he was a Manly junior he would have known to spray insect repellent in his mouth, in order to get off the DUI charge in th first place.
Iโm surprised he didnโt snort some Cocain like his teammates
If he didnโt know where the car was going until it hit something & started to roll. Then heโs seriously lucky that there wasnโt someone getting into their car. Or he could now be up on a charge of manslaughter . No walking away from that.
Haha I recall that. Classic. But who was it again?