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Sunderland ace due in court for speeding
COURT DATE ... for on-loan Sunderland striker Nicklas Bendtner.
SUNDERLAND football star Nicklas Bendtner was due to appear in court today to be sentenced for speeding.
Earlier this month, magistrates in Newcastle were told the Danish international striker was caught doing more than 103mph on a 70mph dual carriageway in December.
The player, on loan to Sunderland from Arsenal, was clocked in his Porsche by police on the A696 Woolsingham bypass near Newcastle Airport, near his home in Darras Hall, Ponteland, Northumberland.
Magistrates heard the case in his absence after a letter from the player’s legal representatives indicated he would plead guilty.
Sarah Robinson, prosecuting, told the court: “The defendant drove a Porsche along the Woolsington bypass at a speed exceeding 70mph.
“He was seen doing 103.6mph for a distance of 0.137 miles and was recorded by a police Vascar system. He has indicated a guilty plea.”
Bendtner was summoned to appear in person for sentence this afternoon.
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