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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Louise Taylor

Newcastle’s Joelinton banned and fined £31,085 for drink-driving

Newcastle’s Joelinton outside court on Thursday.
Newcastle’s Joelinton outside court on Thursday. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

Newcastle’s Joelinton has been banned from driving for 12 months and fined £31,085 after pleading guilty to drink-driving during a court appearance on Tyneside on Thursday.

The 26-year-old Brazilian will have his driving licence returned after nine months if he completes a drink-driving rehabilitation course. The midfielder or forward, a £40m signing from Hoffenheim in 2019, was driving from Newcastle city centre to his home in the Northumberland village of Ponteland in his black Mercedes when, at almost 1.20am on 12 January, police officers pulled him over for suspected speeding.

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