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mark occomore · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK

Boxer Amir Khan has been fined £1,000 and banned from driving for 42 days after a court heard evidence he was driving at speeds of up to 140mph.

The Commonwealth lightweight title holder, who lives in Bolton, was found guilty of breaking the speed limit on the M62 in December 2006.

Khan, who denied the charge, was found guilty by magistrates in Rochdale.

In October, 21-year-old Khan was banned for six months after injuring a man when he sped through a red light.

A police officer told Rochdale Magistrates' Court that his speedometer was "off the clock" at 155mph as he pursued Khan on the M62 on New Year's Eve 2006.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7174957.stm

He's been let off lightly. At least he has money too be chaffered around for a while. Laughing

Minx · Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:20 pm Post subject:

For God's sake, that's my original neck of the woods, and I can't begin to imagine being able to travel at that speed round there. Normally I can't even average 45mph and that's on a good night, at around 1.00am. Shocked

RockitRon · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 7646

Things have obviously slowed down a lot up there, since it's taken a whole year for the case to come to court Wink

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nod · Joined: 24 Dec 2006 Posts: 3558

These 2 sections look interesting...

"District Judge Pamela Baldwin said there was insufficient evidence to prove Khan was driving at more than 100mph, but that she was satisfied it was in excess of 70mph. Although Khan had denied speeding in his BMW convertible, during his trial he admitted his speed may have reached around 75mph. "

which all sounds a bit vague Confused

and...

"He said: "I was in a Vauxhall Vectra. The speed was off the clock at 155mph, its maximum speed." "

so if it was off the clock how did he know it was 155mph ? Rolling Eyes