Spurs striker Defoe hires 'Mr Loophole' to tackle hat-trick of speeding tickets

21 January 2009 15:52
Trial dates: Jermain Defoe   More... THE INSIDER: Mido to join Wigan, Spurs offered Materazzi, Juve tracking Kuyt, Blackburn and Villa eye Sturridge and Shittu interests Sunderland Flash Harrys - Spurs manager Redknapp pinpoints his problems Make us laugh: Which club gets your vote as the Premier League's comedy club? TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FC NEWS FROM ACROSS THE WEB The 26-year-old striker is alleged to have been caught by speed cameras in Portsmouth on three occasions last year. He is charged with failing to identify the driver of a vehicle when requested to do so by the chief constable of Hampshire Police in relation to the three speeding offences. The alleged speeding offences are of exceeding 40mph twice on May 7 and March 12 and of exceeding 30mph on May 8, according to the CPS. He is to stand trial for the 40mph matters at Fareham Magistrates' Court on February 4 and a second trial is to be held at the same court on April 22 for the 30mph case. Defoe, from Cuffley, Herts, is also to be represented by Mr Freeman for a second set of alleged driving offences before Southend Magistrates' Court in Essex. He initially pleaded guilty to three offences alleged to have occurred in Canvey, Essex, on April 17 last year but later changed his pleas to not guilty and a trial is to be held on March 23. He is charged with permitting the use of a vehicle without insurance, permitting use of a vehicle while in a dangerous condition because of heavily tinted windows and aiding and abetting driving without a licence, according to the CPS. His friend Ryan Edgar, 23, of Plaistow, east London, is charged with driving Defoe's Land Rover without insurance, without a full licence and driving a vehicle in a dangerous condition. He has not entered pleas and is due to appear at Southend Magistrates' Court on February 10. A spokeswoman for Mr Freeman declined to comment on the case.  

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