Former England forward receives ANOTHER driving ban after being caught speeding again - as he's also hit with fine after pleading guilty
A former England forward has been hit with another driving ban after being caught speeding yet again.
Jermaine Defoe has lost the privilege for a year after being caught doing 82pmh in a 70mph zone last October. He was driving a Land Rover in Wormley, Herts, JPs in St Albans were told.
The ex-forward, who was capped 57 times by England and played for the likes of Tottenham, Portsmouth and Sunderland, was fined £660 plus £90 in costs and a £226 victim surcharge.
The 42-year-old also received three points on his licence to go with the nine he already had.
In July 2008, he was banned from driving for six months in July 2008, and received another six-month ban the following year for the same offence.
He admitted to driving at 45mph in a 30mph zone in Portsmouth in May 2008.
Defoe was handed three points and narrowly avoided a ban after being caught on his phone behind the wheel in October 2010 while driving in Loughton, but was fined £800.
His next ban came two years ago when he was seen speeding in South Lanarkshire. He was clocked doing 56mph in a 30mph zone.
Glasgow's Justice of the Peace Court was told Defoe was behind the wheel of a Range Rover at the time. Prosecutor Ryan Watson said the striker was snared by a speed camera in the area's Mill Street around 11pm.
At the time, Paul Mullen, defending, stated: 'He apologises to the court for a momentary lapse in judgement.'
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