England and Manchester City star Jack Grealish is fined £666 for speeding in his Range Rover Sport after he was caught doing 44mph in a 30mph zone
England star Jack Grealish was today hit with a £1,000 bill after admitting speeding in a 50km/h zone.
The Manchester City midfielder admitted driving his Range Rover Sport at 45mph when he was caught in a speed trap in Wythall, Worcestershire, last July.
The 28-year-old was also initially charged with failing to provide information relating to the identification of the driver of the vehicle, costing up to £114,000, but that charge was dropped during today’s brief hearing at Worcester Magistrates Court.
Grealish was not present at court, but his lawyer John Dye entered a guilty plea on his behalf. Mr Dye said he had been “instructed to apologise” on Grealish’s behalf. He was fined £666 by magistrates and ordered to pay £110 costs and a £266 victim surcharge.
Mr Dye said the footballer could ‘afford the amount’.
Jack Grealish has been fined £666 at Worcester Magistrates’ Court for speeding at 70km/h in a 50km/h zone
Jack, who was hit with a £1,000 bill, and his fiancée Sasha Attwood
Jack imagined himself driving his Range Rover on an unrelated occasion
Grealish is said to have a ‘full cleaning licence’, but was also given five points on his licence.
It is the second time in four years that the former Aston Villa footballer has appeared in court for driving offences.
In 2020, Grealish, of Barnt Green, Worcestershire, was banned from driving for nine months and fined £82,499 for two counts of driving without due care and attention in relation to a three-car collision in Solihull and a separate incident in October near the the club’s training ground.
The first offense occurred during the UK’s national Covid lockdown in March 2020. He crashed his car just a day after posting a video on social media asking people to stay at home to protect the NHS during the pandemic.
Grealish was previously banned from the road for nine months and fined £82,499
Grealish hit two parked cars in a cul-de-sac and a judge was told a witness reported smelling of “intoxicating liquor” and slurred his words.
In the second incident, an unmarked police car spotted him driving along the M42 at a speed of more than 90mph.
During the sentencing hearing at Birmingham Magistrates in December, it was said that Grealish would have to apply for a new license once his ban ended.