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Mr Loophole Fails

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Footballer Darren Fletcher has been fined for a motoring offence.

 

Penrith Magistrates' Court heard that the father of the Manchester United midfielder was caught speeding in his son's car on the M6 in Cumbria in 2008.

 

The footballer then failed to respond to a request from police to identify the driver, and was summoned to court.

 

The Scotland star was convicted of not providing driver identity information and given six penalty points, fined £650 and ordered to pay £900 costs.

 

The case centred on his claim that he had not received the original notice asking him to identify the driver of his Range Rover which had been travelling at more than 70mph on the M6 on 27 November 2008.

 

His solicitor said that children had been stealing post from a secure secure mailbox outside Fletcher's home in Bowdon, Altrincham, Cheshire. laugh.gif

 

When he was sent a final warning in January 2009, Mr Fletcher contacted Cumbria Police and asked for a copy of the original notice, which again he said he never received.

 

After getting another warning letter, in February, he contacted police again to ask them to send him a second copy of the notice.

 

He received it, but failed to act, and admitted to the court that he had been "naive" not to do so.

 

Kathleen Lisle, chair of the bench, said "Mr Fletcher admits he did receive the third copy, but also admits he did not respond to this within the time limit it was reasonable to do so.

 

"His obligation was to comply and he did not do this and so we find him guilty of failing to respond."

 

He was represented by celebrity solicitor Nick Freeman - also known as Mr Loophole - who submitted a notice to appeal against the conviction at the crown court.

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Footballer Darren Fletcher has been fined for a motoring offence.

 

Penrith Magistrates' Court heard that the father of the Manchester United midfielder was caught speeding in his son's car on the M6 in Cumbria in 2008.

 

The footballer then failed to respond to a request from police to identify the driver, and was summoned to court.

 

The Scotland star was convicted of not providing driver identity information and given six penalty points, fined £650 and ordered to pay £900 costs.

 

The case centred on his claim that he had not received the original notice asking him to identify the driver of his Range Rover which had been travelling at more than 70mph on the M6 on 27 November 2008.

 

His solicitor said that children had been stealing post from a secure secure mailbox outside Fletcher's home in Bowdon, Altrincham, Cheshire. laugh.gif

 

When he was sent a final warning in January 2009, Mr Fletcher contacted Cumbria Police and asked for a copy of the original notice, which again he said he never received.

 

After getting another warning letter, in February, he contacted police again to ask them to send him a second copy of the notice.

 

He received it, but failed to act, and admitted to the court that he had been "naive" not to do so.

 

Kathleen Lisle, chair of the bench, said "Mr Fletcher admits he did receive the third copy, but also admits he did not respond to this within the time limit it was reasonable to do so.

 

"His obligation was to comply and he did not do this and so we find him guilty of failing to respond."

 

He was represented by celebrity solicitor Nick Freeman - also known as Mr Loophole - who submitted a notice to appeal against the conviction at the crown court.

 

do these guys think that they are above the law and the normal rules do not apply to them.

 

I thought it was bad over here with NBA guys bringing guns to the locker room and NFL guys doing all kinds of wacky stuff.

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6 points for that & the c*** Cole got 3 & a grand fine for doing 104 in a 50 zone?

 

methinks they were sending a message.

 

don't ignore court documents, it's tantamount to comtempt.

kop205

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do these guys think that they are above the law and the normal rules do not apply to them.

 

 

There have been quite a few times on here when people have posted stories bragging about/asking for advice on how to get off speeding fines etc on technicalities.

 

It is just that footballers have the money to employ a lawyer who is normally very good at managing it.

StevieC

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6 points for that & the c*** Cole got 3 & a grand fine for doing 104 in a 50 zone?

 

 

To be fair he was rushing home because someone said John Terry's car was outside his house...

cymrococh

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There have been quite a few times on here when people have posted stories bragging about/asking for advice on how to get off speeding fines etc on technicalities.

I've never seen anything like that on here.

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We've not had a good speeding thread on here since the days of El Boss

 

 

To any casual observer it should have been obvious that Ashley wasn't driving that quick...

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