By Press Association 2021
Jack Grealish
England footballer Jack Grealish is due to be sentenced for careless driving after crashing his £80,000 Range Rover during March’s Covid-19 lockdown.
The 25-year-old Aston Villa captain pleaded guilty to two charges at a previous court hearing, including one linked to the incident when his 4×4 hit two parked vehicles in Dickens Heath, Solihull, West Midlands.
A judge was told that a witness said Grealish smelled of “intoxicating liquor” and was slurring his words, immediately after the crash on March 29.
Jack Grealish crashed his white Range Rover into parked cars in Solihull (Jacob King/PA)
The Premier League star, of Barnt Green, Worcestershire, was involved in the incident less than 24 hours after issuing a Twitter video message urging people to stay at home to save lives and protect the NHS.
Jack Grealish was banned from the road AN international footballer from Barnt Green who crashed his car into parked vehicles and mounted a pavement has received a driving ban. The collisions happened after Jack Grealish - who was also caught speeding in a separate incident while awaiting court - had disobeyed lockdown rules to meet friends in Dickens Heath, Solihull, in March. Police recovered CCTV which showed the Aston Villa and England player reversing his Range Rover Sport into a Citroen Dispatch van and then driving a short distance away. He is then seen reversing into a Mercedes AMG, before pulling away and dangerously mounting the pavement.
The England international player took to Twitter the next day to apologise for his actions, saying he was embarrassed by what happened over the weekend.
Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish Credit: PA Images
Grealish, of Barnt Green, Worcestershire, also admitted a second charge of careless driving relating to allegations he drove without due care and attention on the M42, in October.
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.
District Judge John Bristow said Grealish already had six penalty points on his driving licence for a motorway speeding offence in 2018.