England and Manchester City star Jack Grealish fined £666 for speeding in north Worcestershire
Former Aston Villa captain and England footballer Jack Grealish has been fined for speeding at 44mph in a 30mph zone.
The footballer, of Barnt Green, Worcestershire, has been fined £666 for the offence which he committed in north Worcestershire on the morning of July 17 2023.
The court was told the Manchester City player was caught speeding by a mobile speed camera on Station Road, Wythall, while driving a Range Rover Sport.
Magistrates also handed Grealish - who was not in court but pleaded guilty through his barrister - five penalty points.
He was ordered to pay £110 in court costs and a victim surcharge of £266, leaving the 28-year-old with a total bill of £1,042.
"It was a mistake"
A charge of failing to give information to the police relating to the identification of the driver was withdrawn.
Grealish’s barrister, John Dye, said: "Mr Grealish means no discourtesy by not attending. I am instructed to enter a guilty plea on his behalf in relation to speeding."
After confirming that the maximum penalty for the offence was £1,000, reduced to £666 after a guilty plea, Mr Dye told the court: "He can afford to pay that figure. I am asked to apologise on his behalf. It was a mistake."
Grealish has previously been charged with committing other driving offences in the Midlands.
In 2020, he received an £82,000 fine and was banned from driving for nine months, after crashing his Range Rover into two parked vehicles in Dickens Heath, near Solihull, during the Covid-19 lockdown.
It came six days after national coronavirus restrictions were imposed nationwide and just hours after the then-Villa captain posted a video appeal urging people to stay at home to help fight covid.
Grealish already had six points on his licence for a speeding offence in 2018.
The winger had denied two other charges in connection with the Dickens Heath incident, of failing to stop and failing to report the incident, but the Crown Prosecution Service offered no evidence and the charges were dismissed.
He was also charged with speeding after clocking almost 100mph on the M42 in October 2020.
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