LONDON, Aug 12 — Sunderland midfielder Grant Leadbitter, explaining to a court why he was caught speeding, said he thought the police patrol car following him was in fact a car full of Newcastle United fans chasing him for a fight.
“My heart was beating fast, I was scared and I wanted to get home as quickly as possible,” The Guardian newspaper quoted the Premier League player as telling the court when describing why he had accelerated to 180km/h.
He was on his way back from a night out, which had ended with an altercation with a group of fans from his club’s bitter rivals Newcastle and he thought they were pursuing him.
He was fined £515 pounds (RM2,935) and banned from driving for 14 days. — Reuters
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