Newcastle United star Joelinton has been fined £29,000 and banned from the roads for 12 months after admitting drink-driving.
The Brazilian midfielder told police he'd had two glasses of wine before getting behind the wheel of his 2022-plate Mercedes G wagon in the early hours of January 12 this year. Officers spotted the 26-year-old's vehicle either "speeding or going too fast for the road" as he travelled along Barrack Road, near St James' Park, in Newcastle, a court heard.
They followed the footballer onto the Central Motorway before pulling him over and asking him if he'd consumed any alcohol. Because Joelinton admitted to having drunk wine, he was breathalysed at the roadside, prosecutors said.
