03-07-2025
Champion jockey Oisin Murphy fined £70k for drink driving
Champion jockey Oisin Murphy has been fined £70,000 for drink driving after crashing his car into a tree. Murphy was arrested after his Mercedes A Class left the road in Hermitage, Berkshire, at about 12.05 BST on 27 pleaded guilty at Reading Magistrates Court earlier to driving a motor vehicle while over the prescribed limit of 29-year-old was charged by postal requisition on 19 June - the day he rode two winners at Royal Ascot.
He was not asked to plead on another count of failing to cooperate with a preliminary test at the roadside.
Murphy, who grew up in Killarney, County Kerry, has been crowned UK champion jockey four times - in 2019, 2020, 2021 and was among the winners at the Doncaster Racecourse Supporting Racing Staff Week Handicap last week.
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