Chelsea's Ashley Cole found guilty of speeding
Reuters - Monday 04 January 2010, 18:22
LONDON, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Chelsea and England defender
Ashley Cole was found guilty of speeding on Monday after police
recorded him driving at more than twice the speed limit last
November.
Cole, 29, faces a driving ban after police recorded him
driving his black Lamborghini Gallardo sportscar at 104 mph (167
kph) in a 50 mph zone near London on Nov. 17.
The player told officers when he was stopped that he thought
he was travelling at 80 mph and was being pursued by paparazzi
photographers, the Press Association reported.
Cole was not present at the hearing at Kingston Magistrates
Court, where his lawyers argued unsuccessfully that the police
speed gun might have been faulty. Magistrates' chairwoman Judith
Jewell said Cole may be banned when he is sentenced on Jan. 29.
(Reporting by Tim Castle; Editing by Sonia Oxley; To comment on
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