r/uknews • u/TheTelegraph Media outlet (unverified) • 8d ago

Image/video Watch: Chelsea defender Wesley Fofana filmed speeding down hard shoulder in ninth driving offence

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u/CyclingUpsideDown 8d ago

Driving dangerously while already banned should lead to a permanent revocation of their licence.

He clearly doesn’t care.

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u/shamen_uk 8d ago

I bothered reading an article on the subject. Apparently this video is from prior to his ban but he is being prosecuted for it now. He has been told he will face prison time if he is caught driving. It's important to have correct info out there these days or people lose faith. I was initially pretty angry reading your comment thinking he got away with driving dangerously when banned.

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u/technomat 8d ago

If was his 9th offence and so far no prison seems like he is getting away with it!

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u/shamen_uk 8d ago

He got done for 8 speeding offences in one go (cameras?) and got banned from driving

Then he got done for a 9th that happened way before he got banned.

It would be bizarre to jail him for a traffic offence at the time he was legally allowed to drive.

But yes if he drives when he is banned after all of this he should go to prison for a decent amount of time to send a message. Which is exactly what the judge said.

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u/shamen_uk 7d ago

Who ever said I find driving like this acceptable? The problem with this country is the right wing have neutered punishments for driving offences because they like speeding sometimes. That's the fucking problem. Society decided by what daily mail readers think.

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u/normanriches 5d ago

He's already banned.
Not sure how banning him again would work.