Saturday, October 5, 2013
Stephane Sessegnon is banned from the roads for 20 months after admitting driving over the limit
West Brom player, Stephane Sessegnon has been banned from the
roads for 20 months after admitting drink driving.
The Premier league player also
pleaded guilty to two counts of driving without a licence and driving without
insurance.
At the time of he was stopped, the
Benin Republic international was found by police in Newcastle to be more than
double the drink-driving limit.
Appearing at Newcastle Magistrates'
Court, the Benin international received three points on his license and was
ordered to pay a total of £7,605.
Giving an account of the incident, Mrs
Judith William, prosecuting stated that the vehicle was uninsured and, the 29-year-old player behind the wheel was also
unlicensed:
“At 6.35pm on August 27 officers
were drawn to reports of a Range Rover driving down Westgate Road, Newcastle.
'Further checks found that the
vehicle was not insured. Officers spoke to the driver and checks found he was
unlicensed.
'He also failed a road side breath
test.'
Chairperson of the bench, Ann Hill
urged Sessegnon not to drive any vehicle
for the duration of his ban or he might face jail.
Sessegnon was a Sunderland player when the incident happened
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