Hamza Choudhury has been fined £20,000 for the offence (Picture: PA)
Leicester City footballer Hamza Choudhury has been fined £20,000 for drink-driving on the wrong side of the road in his wife’s Range Rover.
Police dashcam footage of the 26-year-old being pulled over in Nottingham in the early hours of Friday January 19 was shown to Nottingham Magistrates Court.
When Choudhury was arrested and taken to the police station his breath-test readings were found to be twice over the limit.
Choudhury, who earns £12,000 a week, has a previous drink-driving conviction from 2017 meaning he faced a mandatory ban of at least three years prosecutor Ben Payne told the court.
He shared a taxi home from a restaurant with a friend but decided to return in his wife’s car after realising he left his phone behind, defence lawyer Kally Sohata told the court.
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He pleaded guilty to driving while double the legal alcohol limit and careless driving.
A charge of failing to co-operate with a roadside breath test had been withdrawn.
District Judge Sunil Khanna told Choudhury: ‘I do accept that this will impact you and that you are extremely embarrassed by what has occurred.’
The football player was given a 40-month driving ban, and ordered to pay a £2,000 victim surcharge and £85 in prosecution costs.
He was told his 40-month ban would be reduced by around nine months if he completes a drink-driving rehabilitation course.
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