Derek Riordan, the Hibs footballer, is in the news again. He’s scored another hat-trick? Unfortunately not. Only last November, he was caught trying to get into an Edinburgh nightclub for the fourth time, whilst having a 2 year ban imposed on him to stay out of all the ones in the city.
Today, he’s appeared in court charged with breaking the 70 mile an hour speed limit, whilst driving an “extremely high performance” BMW6 series car. After pleading guilty, he had 3 penalty points added to his licence, and fined the astronomical sum of £300.
His defence agent had argued that “the footballer needs his licence to drive to the Hibs stadium at Easter Road in Edinburgh, and to the club's training ground.
It is also important that he be able to drive for his personal safety, she said, as he is a relatively high profile figure in Edinburgh.
It is far more desirable that he be able to travel in his own car than suffer taunts by travelling on public transport.”
If he’s so worried about being taunted by the public, or, as is more likely, public transport is not good enough for him, why doesn’t he use taxis? I’m sure there’s enough loose change in his pockets to cover it.
More importantly, why don’t those JPs, Sheriffs, and Magistrates get a grip, and deal with so called celebrities in the same manner as they deal with us lesser mortals?
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