Pale Rider
Veteran
Another day in the criminal justice system and another footballer in the dock.
The latest man into bat is Arron Wan Bissaka, who Manchester United spent £50m on a few years ago.
His offence category of choice is motoring, having admitted driving while disqualified, driving without insurance, and driving without a licence.
To complicate matters, there was an earlier offence of speeding for which he was convicted and disqualified.
The predictable hook wriggling in this case centres around getting the speeding conviction set aside, which means the later drive disqualified (the most serious offence) must fail.
To do that, he has signed a Statutory Declaration saying he was unaware of the speeding case hearing.
The most likely next step is the conviction will be set aside, and a new hearing date set to enable Wan Bissaka to defend it.
As ever, it comes down to tactics.
He might plead guilty to the speeding, but with well-financed mitigation hope to avoid the ban, thereby achieving his main aim of getting out from under the drive disqualified.
Or he may have an equally well-financed defence to the speeding, but the old saying the camera doesn't lie usually applies.
The driving without a licence is not terribly impressive, suggesting he's not bothered to sort out his driving entitlement since arriving in the UK.
Over the years, I've noticed certain groups of people take to certain offences.
With footballers it's nearly always either motoring or sexual assault.
Another player who will provide material for this thread in due course is Manchester City's Benjamin Mendy, currently locked up awaiting trial for several rapes.
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...fences-while-banned-without-licence-insurance
The latest man into bat is Arron Wan Bissaka, who Manchester United spent £50m on a few years ago.
His offence category of choice is motoring, having admitted driving while disqualified, driving without insurance, and driving without a licence.
To complicate matters, there was an earlier offence of speeding for which he was convicted and disqualified.
The predictable hook wriggling in this case centres around getting the speeding conviction set aside, which means the later drive disqualified (the most serious offence) must fail.
To do that, he has signed a Statutory Declaration saying he was unaware of the speeding case hearing.
The most likely next step is the conviction will be set aside, and a new hearing date set to enable Wan Bissaka to defend it.
As ever, it comes down to tactics.
He might plead guilty to the speeding, but with well-financed mitigation hope to avoid the ban, thereby achieving his main aim of getting out from under the drive disqualified.
Or he may have an equally well-financed defence to the speeding, but the old saying the camera doesn't lie usually applies.
The driving without a licence is not terribly impressive, suggesting he's not bothered to sort out his driving entitlement since arriving in the UK.
Over the years, I've noticed certain groups of people take to certain offences.
With footballers it's nearly always either motoring or sexual assault.
Another player who will provide material for this thread in due course is Manchester City's Benjamin Mendy, currently locked up awaiting trial for several rapes.
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...fences-while-banned-without-licence-insurance