Former Fremantle Dockers player Shane Yarran has been convicted of trespass after he was caught on the roof of an Armadale home late last year.

The troubled 28-year-old did not turn up to Armadale Magistrate’s Court yesterday to face his latest criminal woes and was convicted in his absence of two counts of trespass.

The court was told that on a Saturday afternoon in early December, Yarran was walking around on the roof of an Armadale house.

He then jumped a fence into a property on a neighbouring street.

“He did not have permission from either owner to be there,” the police prosecutor said.

Magistrate Nicholas Lemmon fined him $600 and ordered him to pay almost $200 in court costs.

The ex-AFL player’s decision to miss court comes just days after he was taken into custody by police after officers allegedly found him acting erratically in a residential street in the south-eastern suburb of Seville Grove.

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In the bizarre daytime incident, a passing motorist called police reporting that Yarran, wearing only his underpants, was being a nuisance and interfering with passing traffic.

Police took him to Armadale Hospital for an assessment because of his agitated state.

No charges have been laid and inquiries are continuing into the incident.

Yarran was released from jail only late last year, serving six months after pleading guilty to charges including reckless driving to escape pursuit and driving without a valid licence.

The high-speed police chase in Gosnells in May ended when he jumped out of a moving car.

Yarran had taken methamphetamine and prescription drugs before a run-in with police last year that resulted in him being taken to hospital because he was acting erratically and abusing officers.