Zane Musgrove: NRL player fined for drunken behaviour, forcibly removed from Coogee Bay Hotel.
The Wests Tigers prop called his bad behaviour at a popular Coogee night spot an “embarrassing error”, as the NRL player added another black mark against this criminal record.
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A court has heard NRL player Zane Musgrove is “ashamed” of the bad behaviour that saw him slapped with a fine after a night out in Coogee turned ugly last summer.
The 26-year-old called his actions an “embarrassing error” in a statement read at Waverley Local Court as the embattled player saw yet another conviction marked against his name.
The Wests Tigers prop did not appear in court as Magistrate Rodney Brender handed down a significant fine for the historical charge he said was “sending a message” to the community about Musgrove’s hostile behaviour.
Magistrate Brender said Musgrove has a significant “criminal history”.
Musgrove pleaded guilty to a charge of remaining in the vicinity of a licensed premises after being excluded on Wednesday.
Musgrove was at the Coogee Bay Hotel in the early hours of the morning on January 31, 2021 when he was repeatedly asked to leave the premises by police, the court heard.
However, he failed to do so and at around 2.50am on Sunday morning was arrested by police.
Magistrate Brender convicted Musgrove of remaining in the vicinity of a licensed premises after being excluded and fined him $550.
The magistrate noted the player’s letter said he takes full responsibility and is ashamed of his behaviour.
It‘s not the first time Musgrove, who played for the Maori All Stars side last year, has found himself in court.
Musgrove was convicted of driving while his licence was suspended in 2021.
He was fined $1200 and slapped him with a further three-month suspension in February.
In 2019, Musgrave was convicted of indecently assaulting a woman in a hotel in Sydney‘s eastern suburbs, but he was acquitted on appeal in 2020.
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