Ben Cousins fined, admits lucky to get bail
Troubled AFL premiership player Ben Cousins concedes he’s “really lucky” to be granted bail after being fined $600 for breaching a violence restraining order. The VRO relates to Cousins’ former partner Maylea Tinecheff, with whom he has two children aged three and five. He is only allowed to communicate with Ms Tinecheff via text message about parenting issues, but police saw him come within 10 metres of her on Tuesday. Cousins, 38, claimed his former partner approached him...