Jordan De Goey cops fine over driving charges

Collingwood star Jordan De Goey has learnt his fate over a slew of driving offences with a magistrate giving the midfielder a stern warning.

Collingwood star Jordan De Goey has learnt his fate after pleading guilty to a slew of driving charges. Picture: Quinn Rooney

Collingwood footballer Jordan De Goey has been slapped with more than $2000 in fines after admitting to a series of driving charges earlier this month.

The magpies midfielder escaped conviction after pleading guilty to driving while suspended, speeding, failing to display his P-plates and driving a prohibited vehicle.

De Goey, 25, was also nabbed riding his motorcycle without P-plates, but a charge of failing to wear a compliant helmet was struck out.

The offending stems from three separate incidents between April 2019 and December 2020.

De Goey was not made to front court with Magistrate Timothy Bourke dealing with his matters behind closed doors on written submissions by the parties on August 18.

Mr Bourke said the footballer’s admissions of guilt demonstrated he had shown insight and remorse into his offending.

Mr Bourke added De Goey had offered no excuse and accepted responsibility for his behaviour.

De Goey, of Hampton East, was fined a total of $2075 for seven charges on August 18.

Mr Bourke said he would not suspend De Goey’s licence any further — despite having the power to do so — because the majority of the charges could be dealt with as “on the spot fines”.

“The message for Mr De Goey and the community is that this is about road safety,” Mr Bourke said.

“If Mr De Goey drove safely in the first place, he would not had accumulated enough demerit points to see his licence suspended on 20 March 2019 for a three-month period,” he said.

“Engaging in such breaches of the road rules in future will no doubt place Mr De Goey’s licence at risk of suspension and even cancellation either by court orders or the accumulation of demerit points,” Mr Bourke warned.

Earlier this month police dropped their case against the footballer over a 2015 sexual assault.

De Goey was set to contest the allegations but the prosecution applied to withdraw the single charge of indecent assault on the morning of the contested hearing.

The Chief Commissioner of Police was ordered to pay his $15,000 legal fees.