Jack Grealish pleads guilty to two charges of careless driving
The 25-year-old admitted one offence in connection with a collision involving his £80,000 Range Rover in March and a second incident in October
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Your support makes all the difference.Aston Villa and England international player Jack Grealish has pleaded guilty to two charges of careless driving.
The 25-year-old admitted one offence in connection with a collision involving his £80,000 Range Rover in Dickens Heath, near Solihull, on 29 March, six days after national coronavirus restrictions were imposed nationwide.
Grealish also admitted a second charge of careless driving relating to allegations he drove without due care and attention on the M42, in October.
Villa club captain Grealish did not appear at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, but, entering pleas through his lawyer, admitted driving without due care during the accident in Dickens Heath, near Solihull, West Midlands.
Grealish, of Barnt Green, Worcestershire, 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.
Grealish had denied two other charges in connection with the Dickens Heath incident, of failing to stop and failing to report the incident, but the Crown Prosecution Service offered no evidence and the charges were dismissed.
Grealish will be sentenced next month.
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