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Ashley Cole: Former Arsenal and Chelsea defender banned from driving

Former England footballer Ashley Cole has been banned from driving for six months and handed a £3,340 fine for driving offences.

Cole did not attend Liverpool Magistrates' Court for the hearing, but pleaded guilty via his lawyers to two offences of speeding and one of failing to provide information about a driver.

The 42-year-old committed the offences in Liverpool in 2022 and 2023.

Cole did not "put forward any reasons why he should not be disqualified".

Vincent Yip, prosecuting, said the first speeding offence occurred on 11 March 2022 at 16:13 GMT on Leeds Street at the junction with Vauxhall Road in the city centre.