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16/01/2012
Rugby Star Fined For Drink-Driving
An England rugby star has been fined and banned from driving after pleading guilty to drink driving charges.
Danny Care was caught driving whilst intoxicated in the early hours of New Year’s Day. He has today been fined a total of £3,100 and banned from driving for 16 months after pleading guilty to drink-driving in the early hours of New Year's Day.
The scrum-half was stopped at the Winchester services on the M3 motorway in Hampshire in the early hours.
The incident led to the 25-year-old being excluded from the Six Nations squad. It came three weeks after he had been fined by police for being drunk and disorderly.
(LB)
Danny Care was caught driving whilst intoxicated in the early hours of New Year’s Day. He has today been fined a total of £3,100 and banned from driving for 16 months after pleading guilty to drink-driving in the early hours of New Year's Day.
The scrum-half was stopped at the Winchester services on the M3 motorway in Hampshire in the early hours.
The incident led to the 25-year-old being excluded from the Six Nations squad. It came three weeks after he had been fined by police for being drunk and disorderly.
(LB)
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