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I am astonished by the £600 fine that has been given to footballer David Bentley after he admitted drinking and driving.
In 1987 I was fined £200 for speeding at 100mph on the motorway, I did not have an accident and had not been drinking.
At the time I was 26 years old and earning £17,000 per annum and the magistrate said that if it had not been for a reference letter from my employer saying I required the car for work I would also have received a ban.

How then 22 years later can a 24 year old footballer earning more in a week than I was earning in a year having crashed his car after drinking and driving be given a fine which is propably less than one hours pay.

I notice he admitted drinking and driving – little difficult to deny when his Porsche was wrapped around a lamppost. He apparantly parked his car at the train station and was going to get a taxi home, however he decided later that he did not want to leave the car (when pissed remember) so drove ( into a lamppost).

Apparantly “adverse press coverage of the incident had been distressing for him and his family” – So? What about the distress he could have caused if he had hit a pedestrian instead of a lamppost.

By the way how do you manage to hit a lamppost after drinking four pints and two spirit measures – just a thought!

Al in all bloody ridiculous, I know he has also been fined by his club and supposedly lost a sponsorship deal but a publican would lose his job and career for a similar offence.

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Let me know what you think as always by posting your comments below.

Keep the faith

Damian

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Keep The Faith

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