Former Rangers star Jermain Defoe has been banned from driving for six months for speeding in a Range Rover. The 40-year-old was clocked doing 56mph in a 30mph zone in Rutherglen, near Glasgow, on December 28, 2020.
Prosecutor Ryan Watson said the striker was snared by a speed camera in the area’s Mill Street around 11pm. The ex-England international, who also played for West Ham, Tottenham and Sunderland, pled guilty to the single charge of speeding.
Paul Mullen, defending, told Glasgow’s Justice of the Peace Court: “He apologises … for a momentary lapse in judgment.” The court heard Defoe, then of Bearsden, near Glasgow, was dropping off a colleague and was unfamiliar with the area.
