Time to get help, teen drug user told

Feb. 26, 2014, 4 a.m.

A PROMISING young Warrnambool footballer who suffered a brain bleed has been told it is time to face his demons and get treatment.

A PROMISING young Warrnambool footballer who suffered a brain bleed has been told it is time to face his demons and get treatment.

Jayden Bourke, 19, of Raglan Parade, pleaded guilty in Warrnambool Magistrates Court this week to recklessly causing injury.

He was convicted and placed on a 12-month community corrections order with the condition he undertake treatment and rehabilitation for drug use. He has to return to court on September 1 for judicial monitoring.

Bourke told the court he had memory loss and had been in trouble with police after suffering a knock to the head playing football which led to him being taken to a Melbourne hospital.

Magistrate Peter Mellas said that when Bourke used drugs he got angry and lost the plot.

He said it was time Bourke did something about his issues, the head injury was not a death sentence and if he addressed his problems there may be no long-term impact.

Bourke said he feared what impact the injury could have on the rest of his life.

In August last year Bourke was fined $2000 in court after pleading guilty to a large number of driving offences when he said he was driving around for a drug dealer.

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