Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Hamann banned
Manchester City footballer Dietmar Hamann was today banned from driving and fined nearly £8,000 for a series of motoring offences.
Hamann, a former German international and Liverpool player, lost his licence after his £70,000 Porsche Carrera crashed into a fence last year and he refused to tell police who was driving.
Macclesfield magistrates heard two police officers stopped the 34-year-old running from the scene of the crash, which happened in the early hours of October 31, but did not breathalyse him.
"They asked him if he was the owner of the car and he answered 'No, I couldn't drive like this,'" Nicola Roberts, prosecuting, said.
"He smelt of intoxicants and said he had been to the Honey Bee [pub]."
The two police officers, who suspected Hamann was the driver, left him to see the crash scene.
They were unable to find him when they returned.
Hamann, a former German international and Liverpool player, lost his licence after his £70,000 Porsche Carrera crashed into a fence last year and he refused to tell police who was driving.
Macclesfield magistrates heard two police officers stopped the 34-year-old running from the scene of the crash, which happened in the early hours of October 31, but did not breathalyse him.
"They asked him if he was the owner of the car and he answered 'No, I couldn't drive like this,'" Nicola Roberts, prosecuting, said.
"He smelt of intoxicants and said he had been to the Honey Bee [pub]."
The two police officers, who suspected Hamann was the driver, left him to see the crash scene.
They were unable to find him when they returned.
