Jack Grealish has admitted careless driving in connection with a crash during March’s coronavirus lockdown. The 25-year-old Aston Villa captain pleaded guilty to two charges, including one linked to an early-morning incident when his £80,000 Range Rover damaged parked vehicles on 29 March, six days after nationwide restrictions were imposed.
Grealish did not appear at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, but, entering pleas through his lawyer, admitted driving without due care. Grealish was involved in the incident less than 24 hours after issuing a Twitter video message urging others to stay at home to save lives and protect the NHS.
He also admitted a second charge of careless driving committed on 18 October on the M42, the A446 and on Bodymoor Heath Road, the site of Villa’s training complex.
Grealish had denied two other charges in connection with the Dickens Heath incident, of failing to stop and failing to report the incident. The Crown Prosecution Service offered no evidence and the charges were dismissed.
The District Judge John Bristow said Grealish had six penalty points on his driving licence for a 2018 motorway speeding offence and could therefore be at risk of a driving ban under the totting-up scheme. Following submissions by the player’s lawyer, Barry Warburton, the judge adjourned the sentencing to 15 December, with Grealish expected to attend in person.
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