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SACKED AFL star Ben Cousins has been awarded $50 costs after police formally dropped a minor drug charge against him.The charge led to him being sacked by the West Coast Eagles. The 29-year-old midfielder was dumped by West Coast last Wednesday, a day after being charged with possessing a prohibited drug, diazepam, without a prescription.
He was charged after being pulled over by police in Northbridge last Tuesday for driving erratically in a club sponsor's car.
He also was charged with refusing to take a driver assessment test, which includes a blood test. Last Thursday, Cousins was granted $1,000 bail and a three-month adjournment in the Perth Magistrate's Court, so he could resume drug rehabilitation treatment in the United States.
On Friday, police admitted they had bungled over the drug charge.
But West Coast refused to take Cousins back after a string of off-field misdemeanours.
Police said they would withdraw the drug charge because the Director of Public Prosecutions had confirmed diazepam was prohibited only in injectable liquid form.
They are reviewing the circumstances surrounding the controversial decision, after receiving contradictory advice about whether or not the charge should have been dropped.
However, in the Perth Magistrate's Court today, police prosecutor Sergeant Mark Lynch asked for the drug charge to be discontinued "for want of prosecution".
Cousins was not required to attend, as he had previously been remanded until January 21, to face the driver test charge.
Magistrate Paul Heaney asked Cousins' lawyer, Shane Brennan, what costs he was seeking over the dropped drugs charge.
"A few million," Mr Brennan said, adding "say $50, its all it's worth in this jurisdiction."
He was awarded the $50 costs.
Outside the court, Mr Brennan said the second charge would be "vigorously defended" by Cousins next year.
"Both he and I are absolutely delighted," he said of today's result.
Mr Brennan would not discuss when Cousins planned to go to the US for rehabilitation.
He said he would be seeking legal advice from a civil lawyer over whether Cousins could sue over the events that led to his sacking last week.


from the Oz

http://www.gopetition.com.au/petitions/reinstate-ben-cousins-to-the-west-coast-eagles/signatures.html

sign on the white line?

I can't see Invader Zim's name there.

he has sworn to neither post nor mark his x until the pleasant personality bypass takes affect

That petition's been up for four days (without drugs to keep it awake) and only has 415 sigs. Pretty p!ss poor effort that...

..and half of them (at least) are pisstakes

Yep. I can see Druggy boy getting back in at the Beagles on the requests of 419 - Dick Heads of Bumsville, 418 - Diego Maradona of Iceicebaby, 160 - Pablo Escobar of Bogota Colombia and my favourite, 294 - Eagles Suck of Subiaco.

Zat wrote:Yep. I can see Druggy boy getting back in at the Beagles on the requests of 419 - Dick Heads of Bumsville, 418 - Diego Maradona of Iceicebaby, 160 - Pablo Escobar of Bogota Colombia and my favourite, 294 - Eagles Suck of Subiaco.

Noice

Heaps more there taccy, Bill Clinton makes an appearance, as does a Miss Elle Essdee.

Just checked it out.

Might have to sign on as Snow Cohn.

If Ben Cousins' football future depends on the kind of imbecile that signed that petition, he may as well chuck his boots in the Swan.

Stirling work by Freo supporters

Awesome ... I see Billy Corgan's signed, and a bloke called Shane Richmond seems to have signed about 5 times ...

Nice to see Ben's Mum on the list, too.

skully wrote:Stirling work by Freo supporters

nice pun, skull

lardbucket wrote:Awesome ... I see Billy Corgan's signed, and a bloke called Shane Richmond seems to have signed about 5 times ...

Nice to see Ben's Mum on the list, too.

Shane Richmond runs the Dockerland website and forum

yes, thanks, embee, I suspected that and confirmed it after visiting Google ... so are any of the signatures genuine?

Maybe the one from Chris Judd of Carlton is...

nice