Newcastle United star Hatem Ben Arfa banned from driving for speeding past police at 110mph
Newcastle United star Hatem Ben Arfa banned from driving for speeding past police at 110mph
The French international was clocked at 110 mph in his Mercedes on a 70 mph stretch of a bypass on the outskirts of Newcastle
Newcastle United player Hatem Ben Arfa was disqualified from driving today after pleading guilty to driving offences.The Frenchman was slapped with the 49-day driving ban and a £5,100 fine for racing at speeds of 110.2mph in a 70mph zone without insurance on his Mercedes.Newcastle Magistrates Court heard that the 26-year-old sped past a police car on the A696 Wolsington Bypass dual carriageway in Newcastle on Sept 6 last year.After being pulled over he was found to have no insurance.He pleaded guilty to driving without insurance and one count of speeding via an interpreter.The prosecuting solicitor said: “Just after 3.30 in the afternoon on September 6 a vehicle driven by Mr Ben Arfa overtook a police car.“The officer followed the vehicle and checked Mr Ben Arfa’s speed as 110.2mph over the distance of just over nine tenths of a mile.“It turned out that Ben Arfa was not insured to drive this vehicle.”