Cooper has charge dropped
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July 17, 2010, Saturday
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A BURGLARY charge against Australia flyhalf Quade Cooper has been dropped after police offered no evidence against him during a court hearing in Gold Coast yesterday.
Cooper, 22, was arrested last year following an alleged break-in and theft of two laptops from a residence in the eastern Australian resort of Surfers Paradise.
After completing an Australian Rugby Union-imposed period of counselling, he was reinstated into the team and went on to have a superb Super 14 season with the Queensland Reds.
Cooper, who pleaded not guilty at an earlier court session, has been training with the Wallabies in Sydney and did not appear in court.
His lawyers said he had entered into a mediation process with the complainants and police.
The ARU, which had held off further punishing Cooper until after the court's verdict, fined the player 7,500 Australian dollars (US$6,600) after conducting an internal review and said he would still remain involved in support and monitoring programs.
"(The review) has taken into account negative publicity for the game and a failure by Cooper late last month to inform ARU of a further court appearance related to a traffic infringement," the governing body said in a statement yesterday.
Cooper was fined A$400 and disqualified from driving for six months by a Brisbane court last month after being caught driving with a suspended license.
He is likely to be selected as Australia's starting flyhalf for its Tri-Nations opener against South Africa in Brisbane next week.
"I want to thank everyone who's helped me during what has been a challenging time, particularly family and close friends," Cooper, who has appeared in 15 tests for the Wallabies, said. "I'm glad I can now just concentrate on playing well for Australia."
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