Antonio Faces Ban For Failing To Name Driver

3 days ago

PA Media A man opinionated connected a transportation pinch a blurred purple ray successful nan background. He has achromatic hairsbreadth successful cornrows and a intimately trimmed moustache and beard. He is smiling and looking into nan distance. He is wearing a brownish bomber jacket, pick t garment and galore golden and metallic necklaces pinch charms.

Former Premier League subordinate Michail Antonio faces a driving prohibition for not telling constabulary who was driving his Lamborghini erstwhile it was clocked speeding past year.

The ex-West Ham striker was recovered blameworthy successful his absence astatine Birmingham Magistrates' Court of failing to springiness accusation to constabulary past April.

A complaint of speeding was dropped by prosecutors arsenic magistrates heard nan car was doing an mean velocity of 50mph (80.5kph) successful a 40mph (64kph) area successful Birmingham connected 1 March 2025.

Antonio, who spent 3 weeks successful infirmary nan erstwhile December aft crashing a Ferrari into a tree, already has six points connected his licence, including for having nary security astatine nan clip of his crash.

He faces a further six punishment points for failing to notify constabulary of nan personality of nan driver of his Lamborghini, meaning he would beryllium disqualified from driving.

The 36-year-old Jamaica international, who now plays for a nine successful nan Qatar Stars League, will beryllium sentenced astatine Birmingham Magistrates' Court connected 19 June.

The proceeding connected Wednesday was told a missive asking for accusation astir who was driving nan Lamborghini Urus was sent to Antonio's Beaconsfield location 3 days aft it was clocked speeding connected Lee Bank Middleway and Belgrave Middleway.

Prosecutor Lucy Allen told magistrates: "There has been nary consequence received to that notice.

"We connection nary grounds successful narration to nan speeding offence."

The subordinate was not legally represented successful court, pinch nan clerk telling magistrates: "The suspect has not put guardant a logic for you to see [for failing to supply information]."

PA Media A close-up of a footballer pinch acheronian perceive and beard successful a maroon and entity bluish West Ham kit arsenic he runs connected a transportation successful nan mediate of a game. He is sweating.

In a abstracted case, nan footballer is accused of failing to respond to nan Metropolitan Police unit complete an allegation of driving without owed attraction and attraction successful cardinal London.

Police opportunity he was nan registered keeper of a Lamborghini Urus accused of being progressive successful an incident connected Pall Mall successful nan early hours of 5 November past year.

The Met wrote to Antonio and asked him to place nan driver of nan car, and he allegedly grounded to respond, starring to a criminal prosecution.

In his consequence to nan prosecution, Antonio entered a not blameworthy plea to nan complaint of failing to springiness accusation relating to nan recognition of nan driver of a conveyance erstwhile required.

"The conveyance was connected prosecute astatine nan clip of contravention," he wrote. "I person nan prosecute statement arsenic proof."

A tribunal charismatic said nan Pall Mall-related lawsuit had been adjourned for a nationalist proceeding connected 7 July astatine Bexley Magistrates' Court.