Bournemouth star Justin Kluivert received a driving ban after he was found guilty of two speeding offences in the space of just three months.
The Netherlands international was caught in his Audi cloc 71mph in a 40mph zone in Dorset back in January and was captured again doing 39mph in a 30mph a matter of weeks later, this time in his Bentley.
The 26-year-old, who is said to earn in the region of £80,000 a week, did not show up for court.
But his solicitor told the magistrates he accepted the driving ban and that he did not meet any criteria for exceptional hardship due to his ‘massive’ income.
Weymouth Magistrates Court heard the January offence was due to him racing home to his heavily pregnant wife.
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Kluivert already had nine points on his European driving licence, meaning the two offences took him past 12 points.
Louise Meaker, prosecuting, told the court the first offence happened at 11.40am on the A338 Wessex Way in the Richmond Hill/Dean Park area.
A notice of prosecution was sent in the post and Kluivert indicated he was the driver and wanted to be considered for a fixed penalty notice, but he did not qualify due to the ‘excessive speed’.
The April offence happened at 8.31am on Turbary Park Avenue in Bournemouth.
Again Kluivert indicated he was the driver and requested to do a driver awareness course but checks showed he was ineligible due to the number of points already on his licence.
Jonathan Morrissey said: ‘At the time Mr Kluivert’s wife was heavily pregnant. He was having a haircut when he gets a phone call saying ‘get here now, we have got problems’. She was panicking with regards to the pregnancy so he shot out of the barber’s chair and drove home.
‘I don’t know whether you are aware but Mr Kluivert is a premiership footballer playing for AFC Bournemouth. His income would allow him to take taxis and such like.
‘His income is massive and I’ve explained that he would not come within any kind of argument for exceptional hardship. He concedes he is going to be disqualified.’
The magistrates handed him a total fine of £1,332 for the two speeding offences, as well as costs and surcharge of £793, making a total to pay of £2,125.
They also disqualified him from driving for six months.