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Former Arsenal player Jermaine Pennant avoids driving ban for no insurance offence
Overview
Former footballer Jermaine Pennant has avoided a driving ban after admitting to driving without insurance on 2 September last year. Highbury Magistrates' Court heard that Pennant was pulled over while picking up his injured partner, having mistakenly believed a newly purchased one-day insurance policy would take effect immediately. District judge Vanessa Lloyd handed him a six-month conditional discharge and ordered him to pay a £26 victim surcharge, finding special reasons not to disqualify him or add points to his licence.
Key points
- Jermaine Pennant avoided a driving ban after admitting to driving without insurance.
- He was stopped by police on the A406 eastbound on 2 September last year while driving his Audi A5 S Line.
- Pennant stated he was driving to pick up his partner from hospital after she broke her foot.
- He believed a one-day insurance policy he purchased shortly before driving was active immediately.
- Judge Vanessa Lloyd granted a six-month conditional discharge and chose not to add points to his licence due to special reasons.