Rugby league player Josh Dugan has been fined $600 for speeding, but prosecutors have abandoned a suspended driving charge against the Canberra Raiders star.
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The 22-year-old is also set to lose his licence, with the Road Transport Authority expected to strip him of his remaining demerit points after yesterday's ruling.
The suspended driving charge was dropped after 11th hour negotiations between Dugan's legal team and the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Police pulled Dugan over in Evatt in August last year after spotting him driving ''well in excess'' of the 60km/h limit. An in-car device clocked the footballer at 100km/h.
At the time, Dugan's probationary driver's licence had been suspended because of an unpaid parking fine.
Dugan initially pleaded not guilty to driving while suspended. But his solicitor, Kamy Saeedi, wrote to the DPP urging them to drop the charge, arguing the RTA had issued a faulty notice of suspension.
''Josh was never properly suspended from the outset, and we managed to demonstrate that to the DPP, and they accepted it,'' the lawyer said.
Outside the ACT Magistrates Court, Dugan admitted he made a mistake, but said he was looking forward to putting the incident behind him.
He pleaded guilty to speeding between 30-45km/h above the speed limit, after the prosecution offered no evidence on the more serious charge. In the courtroom, his lawyer argued that without the suspended driving charge the matter would have been dealt with by an on-the-spot fine.
Magistrate David Mossop agreed that the circumstances of the offence were ''unremarkable'', and ruled a conviction and $600 fine were appropriate.
Dugan has an earlier conviction for furious, reckless or dangerous driving and, at the time of the latest incident, was on a probationary licence with two demerit points left.
And in 2010, the Supreme Court overturned a conviction for driving while suspended after it emerged the document advising Dugan of his suspension was invalid.
It has been a tumultuous few weeks for Dugan, who was stood down from Raiders' clash with Souths on May 25 for breaching the club's alcohol policy.
He was forced to take a later flight to Townsville after his teammates left this morning for Saturday night's match against North Queensland.
Raiders CEO Don Furner, who supported Dugan in court, said they were yet to discuss whether Dugan would face internal sanctions. ''We'll get this game out of the road and talk about it next week,'' he said.
Mr Furner said he might also talk to sponsors who were making the trip to Townsville about the situation. ''We'll look at it, we'll talk to the board about it and Monday next week we'll talk to the coaching staff.''