Scandal Former Eagles player found guilty of Armed Robbery

[footystar_]

Former West Coast Eagles Midfielder Ben Sharp has been arrested and charged over a western suburbs armed robbery ring allegedly motivated by the drug ice, where almost $290,000 was stolen at gunpoint from an armoured vehicle.

Sharp was drafted to the Eagles in 2005 from TAC Cup side Oakleigh Chargers and was today charged and remanded in custody over the gunpoint hold-up of an unarmed security guard outside a Sunbury McDonald's on December 1.

Sharp shared a home with infamous Eagles champion Ben Cousins in 2005 when he first arrived at the club and has been close with him ever since.

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[i am a logo]

I fondly remember him. He's one of the most prolific Eagles players ever

 

[Hamingja]

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/f...ith-287000-armed-robbery-20150203-135a5o.html

The bit about sharing a house with Cousins may be mayo from facebook. The AGE mentions he was friends with him though.

Two military grade guns, an M16 and M4, were seized in the raids.

Pretty serious stuff. Not exactly some ice addict waving a knife around at 7/11 (which is bad enough).

 

[cartel]

Who?

 

[Ashton Agar]

I've never even heard of him, which is saying something as I basically knew every player back then due to youth passion.

 

[Ahern2Boof]

I remember him from AFL games on PS2. Didn't strike me as the robbing type on there.

 

[Big_Birdy]

Even I had never heard of him.

Great bloke clearly

 

[Hawkk]

'Star'

 

[nameless]

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/f...ith-287000-armed-robbery-20150203-135a5o.html

The bit about sharing a house with Cousins may be mayo from facebook. The AGE mentions he was friends with him though.



Pretty serious stuff. Not exactly some ice addict waving a knife around at 7/11 (which is bad enough).

He also shares the same first name as Cousins, so there is a definite link there.

 

[Upgrayedd]

I heard ben sharp also played in the same team as cousins

 

[twce13]

He also shares the same first name as Cousins, so there is a definite link there.

you sure you dont work for the sun?

 

[Big_Birdy]

Why did the OP decide to change the words "been in contact with since returning to Weribee" to "close with" in regards to Ben Cousins?

 

[Southern Urchins]

culture

 

[DerpWerls]

Talk about a fall from grace, AFL superstar to ice fuelled, gun wielding armed robber. Where did it all go wrong for Sharp?

 

[Rod Stroker]

Poor bloke. Every other footballer who's made it in into the press is dubbed an "AFL star". This chump just gets the much less prolific "AFL player".

 

[Big_Birdy]

I heard ben sharp also played in the same team as cousins

At Werribee? Didnt think he ever got a game with the Eagles

 

[blue harvest]

'Star'

'Hall of fame star'

 

[Big_Birdy]

Imagine the puns if he used a knife....

 

[vast]

Thats a hell of a head he's got there. Also Sunbury lol. Gotta love stereotypes.

 

[Hamingja]

Poor bloke. Every other footballer who's made it in into the press is dubbed an "AFL star". This chump just gets the much less prolific "AFL player".

At Werribee? Didnt think he ever got a game with the Eagles

So he is still being oversold then

 

[JUBJUB]

I remember him from AFL games on PS2. Didn't strike me as the robbing type on there.

Wasn't killin' no ho's in that game ?

 

[Air_Chester]

Serious issue. Must have been a pretty nasty ring of crime and violence, he wasn't just charged by the police, he was CHARGED.

All Caps Crime. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200.

 

[footystar_]

All jokes aside, what sort of time is he looking at?

 

[Off The Couch]

I fondly remember him. He's one of the most prolific Eagles players ever

My first thought was - who
And looking at that photo I'm still asking Who


why there was even a need to reference WCE is beyond me

 

[footystar_]

My first thought was - who
And looking at that photo I'm still asking Who


why there was even a need to reference WCE is beyond me

WCE will be spuwwin! They put him on the list for 2 years, didn't play a game and now the club will be getting pounded from the media over the coming days for a bloke who clogged the list.