Ex-Manchester United star Jesse Lingard is banned from driving for six months and fined £900 after giving police the identify of a ‘pretend driver’ when his Vary Rover was caught on a velocity digicam

Jesse Lingard was as we speak disqualified from driving for six months and fined £900 after failing to supply particulars to establish the driving force of his Vary Rover caught rushing by police in August final 12 months.

The previous Manchester United footballer, 30, whose contract with Nottingham Forest resulted in June, appeared at Manchester Magistrates’ Court docket to confess the offence throughout a quick listening to.

He spoke solely to substantiate his identification and enter his responsible plea.

Lingard’s automotive was caught rushing in Stretford, Manchester, in August final 12 months.

He obtained a letter from Larger Manchester Police asking for the drivers’ particulars however failed to supply them.

Jesse Lingard exterior Manchester Magistrates’ Court docket as we speak after being disqualified from driving 

Lingard attended the court docket listening to in Manchester carrying a figure-hugging black go well with and a black tie 

Frank Rogers, representing Lingard, stated he was not the driving force of the rushing automotive however missed the letter telling him to supply the driving force’s particulars.

Mr Rogers stated: ‘He was on the time of the rushing offence dwelling in rented lodging in Nottingham, the place he was then enjoying. The paperwork went out to his then everlasting tackle, in Altrincham.

‘Mr Lingard has accepted that the system in place at the moment simply was not ok to guard him and cope with processing his mail.

‘So when the rushing offence was dedicated in August final 12 months in Stretford, Mr Lingard was in Nottingham. He was not the driving force.’

Mr Rogers stated Lingard had been with Manchester United because the age of 9, till his switch to Nottingham Forest in July final 12 months, and is now ‘in dialogue’ with a number of golf equipment about his future enjoying profession.

He stated the footballer was single and financially helps his prolonged household.

The court docket heard Lingard had two rushing convictions, dated on June 5 and June 6, 2020.

District Decide Jane Hamilton fined the footballer £900 with an additional £560 in prices and warned him to not drive for the following six months

Though these had ‘lapsed’, as a result of his responsible plea the six factors referring to them are re-activated and he confronted fast disqualification from driving beneath the ‘totting up’ of factors course of.

District Decide Jane Hamilton instructed Lingard, ‘Your licence shall be endorsed with six penalty factors. The six already recorded in opposition to you in 2022 rely, so you’re liable to be disqualified beneath the totting up course of.

‘So you’re disqualified for six months. That begins instantly.’

Lingard was additionally fined £900 with an additional £200 in court docket prices and a £360 surcharge.

He made no remark as he left court docket.