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6 month ban for speeding
By: BertB Date: February 24, 2026, 3:47 am
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Full story in spoiler. It is from the Daily Fail so I won't make
you click a link to read it :)
I'm aware that when the speed is vastly outside of the
sentencing guidelines then mags have the discretion to order a
longer ban, I just don't think I have come across one enforced
as such before.
I also noted in the article it says he pled guilty to both
charges and the CPS dropped the FtF charge on the back of his
guilty plea to speeding. However given the source I'm not sure
how accurate that is, but the recommendation is usually NG to
both...
[spoiler]Manchester United star Leny Yoro banned from driving
after speeding past a school in his £170,000 Porsche at 72mph
By FREYA BARNES, NEWS REPORTER
Published: 15:55, 23 February 2026 | Updated: 15:58, 23 February
2026
Manchester United footballer Leny Yoro has been banned from
driving for six months after speeding in his Porsche at more
than 70mph past homes and a school.
The 20-year-old centre back's £170,000 Porsche Cayenne was
clocked at 72mph by a camera in the Manchester suburb of
Withington last August.
Court papers reveal Yoro was driving at nearly two-and-a-half
times the 30mph speed limit at the time.
Lawyers for the French defender issued an apology on his behalf,
insisting that the road was clear at the time and Yoro was
'rushing to take a friend to the railway station'.
At Crewe Magistrates' Court on Saturday, Yoro was hit with a
six-month driving ban, a £666 fine, and was ordered to pay £120
in costs and a £266 victim surcharge.
Yoro was not in line for an automatic ban by totting up 12
penalty points, but was instead disqualified because of the high
speed he was driving at in a 30mph zone.
Lisa Nevitt, Yoro's lawyer from the firm Burton Copeland, wrote
to the court highlighting the footballer's 'prompt guilty plea'
and setting out that he 'would not seek to argue that he should
not be disqualified'.
'He is not liable to a totting up disqualification but
understands because of the speed involved that it is highly
likely the court will impose a disqualification rather than
penalty points,' she wrote.
The 20-year-old centre back's £170,000 Porsche Cayenne was
clocked at 72mph by a camera in the Manchester suburb of
Withington last August
Yoro was not in line for an automatic ban by totting up 12
penalty points, but was instead disqualified because of the high
speed he was driving at in a 30mph zone
At Crewe Magistrates' Court on Saturday, Yoro was hit with a
six-month driving ban, a £666 fine, and was ordered to pay £120
in costs and a £266 victim surcharge
'Our client would like to take this opportunity to apologise for
the incident which came about as he was rushing to take a friend
to the railway station.
'Our client further states that he believes where the speeding
took place was at a point where the road was broad and there was
little prospect of being any contact with any vulnerable road
users such as pedestrians.'
The incident happened at just after 4pm on August 28 last year,
when Yoro was driving the Porsche Cayenne GTS along Mauldeth
Road West in Withington.
The stretch of road is lined in places with homes, as well as a
secondary school and a sports club.
Yoro, who signed for Manchester United in July 2024 for a
reported £52.2 million fee, has made 23 appearances for the club
this season.
Vehicle records show the supercar was only registered in August
last year, shortly before Yoro committed the offence.
He was charged by Greater Manchester Police with speeding and
failing to identify the driver of the car.
The force said in court documents that letters asking for
information went unanswered when sent to Yoro's Cheshire home.
With the assistance of a Manchester United official, the
footballer pleaded guilty online to both charges, but the police
ultimately withdrew the allegation of failing to identify the
driver, sparing him a second conviction.
Yoro was not required to appear in court, as his case was dealt
with behind closed doors in the single justice procedure,
allowing magistrate Sunjeep Bhalla to convict and sentence the
star based on written evidence alone.
Court records show Yoro was among more than 7,000 people across
England and Wales to be prosecuted for speeding last week, with
magistrates imposing fines totalling more than £20,000 and
banning 115 drivers.[/spoiler]
#Post#: 111394--------------------------------------------------
Re: 6 month ban for speeding
By: Brenda_R2 Date: February 27, 2026, 10:36 am
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It's a Band C offence — fine typically 150% of weekly income.
£666 fine? I didn't know Manchester United paid their players
so poorly.
#Post#: 111396--------------------------------------------------
Re: 6 month ban for speeding
By: andy_foster Date: February 27, 2026, 10:42 am
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Where's Anne Robinson when you need her?
As a matter of law, rather than mere guidelines, the fine is
"not exceeding level 3" which means £1000 max. Take off 1/3 for
an early guilty plea, and you're left with a maximum of £666
(rounded down to pounds).
N.B. The guidelines also remind the court that the multiples of
RWI are only up to the statutory maxima.
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