Jesse Lingard has been banned from driving after he submitted a fake name to the police after he was caught speeding.
Lingard however gave the police the name of a man who allegedly doesn’t exist” along with an address which is “believed to be a car park” when he received a speeding notice at his home.
The former United player pleaded guilty to failing to provide information about who was driving his vehicle at Manchester Magistrates’ Court on Friday 28th July, 2023.
The ban which he got came under a “totting up” process as the Englishman already had points on his licence from two previous speeding offences.
Lingard’s lawyer claimed that he was not the driver but missed the letter telling him to provide the drivers’ details as it went to his old address in Manchester while he lived at Nottingham then.
Jesse Lingard supposedly provided a name and address linked to a so-called “NIP farm”, where hoodlums help drivers evade motoring offences by providing false driver details.
The former England and Manchester United star received a letter at his home in Altrincham from Greater Manchester Police as he was the registered keeper of the car.
Two week ago, they received information the person driving was named George Bolt, who lived at an address in Oldham.
However the court learned that George Bolt was contacted and no response was received.
The prosecuting judge, Mike Arden stated that: “That’s not a surprise because he doesn’t exist, we’re quite certain about that.”
Lingard is currently a free agent after his contract at Nottingham Forest expired at the end of the 2022/23 campaiagn.
Jesse Lingard featured in 20 matches for the Premier League side last season and only managed to score two goals.
The Englishman spent about 20 years at his boyhood club, Manchester United, where he made 232 appearances.
At Manchester United, the former West Ham attacker won the English FA Cup and the UEFA Europa Cup.
Jesse Lingard
Jesse Ellis Lingard, an offensive midfielder or winger for Premier League team Nottingham Forest and the England national team, was born on December 15, 1992, in England.
He has won the FA Cup, FA Community Shield, EFL Cup, and the UEFA Europa League. He is one of only three players to have scored in each of the last three championship games.
In 2012, while on loan at Leicester City, Lingard made his senior debut. He also spent time on loan at Birmingham City, Brighton & Hove Albion, and Derby County in 2013–14 and 2015–16 seasons.
Jesse Lingard made his debut for Manchester United’s first squad in 2015 under Louis van Gaal and remained a mainstay until 2019, when he struggled to recover his position in the team after falling out of favor under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Lingard rediscovered his form in 2021 while on loan at West Ham United, scoring nine goals in 16 games.
He spent one more year at Manchester United before he was let go at the conclusion of the 2021–2022 campaign.
Prior to making his senior international debut in October 2016 and representing his nation at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, where England placed fourth, he represented England at the under-17 and under-21 levels.
Personal Life
Jesse Lingard was born in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, a Country in the Caribbean.
Gabby George, an Everton and England women’s international football player, is related to Lingard.
When Lingard was a little child, his parents divorced, and his grandfather took him to training and served as his main supporter.
He split his time between his mother, who battled depression and found it difficult to get out of bed, and his grandparents.
Jesse Lingard had to take care of his younger siblings, Jasper (brother) and Daisy-Boo (sister), for his mother’s mental health concerns.
