Semi-pro footballer jailed after being filmed driving at nearly 200mph
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A semi-pro footballer who was filmed driving at 191mph has been jailed.
Connor Charlton, 32, also took part in a scam where other drivers were paid cash to take penalty points for speeding offences.
The centre forward, who plays for Nostell Miners Welfare in the Northern Counties East League, was jailed at Leeds Crown Court for four years.
He was also banned from driving for four years and seven months.
Connor Charlton was jailed at Leeds Crown Court for four years and banned from driving for four years and seven months (Picture: West Yorkshire Police/PA)
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After the case, the Crown Prosecution Service released a video of Charlton drifting his powerful BMW at a roundabout.
In the clip, the tyres can be heard screeching, while he almost crashes into a van.
And in another clip, a passenger filmed him driving at 191mph on a motorway in the West Yorkshire area.
The CPS said Charlton, from Hunslet, Leeds, admitted 10 counts of dangerous driving and four offences of perverting the course of justice.
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