He s deeply ashamed about that. I often stand up here and we do represent all sorts of people, and (they) talk about remorse, but this is someone who is genuinely sorry. Not just because reputationally this is problematic for him but he is genuinely sorry. The big headline is he is deeply sorry, he s deeply ashamed about being here at this court - his home court, in the circumstances he finds himself in.
District judge John Bristow said breaching lockdown was an aggravating factor in the footballer s offending.
He told Grealish: “You should have been at home. You do not assert you had any proper reason not to be.
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Aston Villa’s English midfielder Jack Grealish (C) scores their seventh goal past Liverpool’s Spanish goalkeeper Adrian during the English Premier League football match between Aston Villa and Liverpool at Villa Park in Birmingham, central England on October 4, 2020. (Photo by Catherine Ivill / POOL / AFP).
Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish was given a nine-month driving ban on Tuesday after crashing his Range Rover during the coronavirus lockdown in March.
Grealish was sentenced at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court after previously pleading guilty to two charges.
The 25-year-old’s vehicle hit two parked vehicles in Dickens Heath, Solihull, West Midlands.
As well as the driving ban, England midfielder Grealish was also fined £82,499 ($110,271).
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CCTV footage capturing the shocking moment that Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish mounted the kerb and crashed his £90,000 Range Rover was shown in court on Tuesday.
The 25-year-old England international was handed a nine-month driving ban and hit with a £82,000 fine at Birmingham Magistrates Court after he pleaded guilty to two offences.
Grealish smashed into three parked vehicles in Solihull on March 29, and landed himself in trouble again on October 18 after travelling at speeds of up to 98mph on a 70mph limit motorway on the M42.
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