Former England footballer Micah Richards has been fined for speeding in Knaresborough.
Richards, 34, of Nidd, near Harrogate, appeared before Harrogate Magistrates Court yesterday charged with the offence.
He pleaded guilty to speeding in excess of 30 mph on the B6165 at an address listed as Howe Hill in Knaresborough on August 3 last year.
A separate charge of failing to identify the driver of a vehicle in relation to another traffic offence on December 27, 2022, was withdrawn.
The 34-year-old, who was driving a Rolls Royce at the time, was fined £666 and his licence was endorsed with three penalty points.
The magistrates also ordered Richards to pay a victim surcharge of £266 and court costs of £90.
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Richards was previously banned from driving for six months in 2013 after he failed to respond to two speeding notices sent to his home address.
The former footballer made 203 Premier League appearances for Aston Villa and Manchester City, where he won the league in 2012 and FA Cup in 2011, before retiring in 2019.
He also won 13 caps for England between 2006 and 2012.
Richards now works as a pundit for Sky Sports and BBC Sport.
Micah Richards tackled by Harrogate council in bid to go greenEx-England footballer Micah Richards has claimed Harrogate Borough Council thwarted his bid to install an electric vehicle charging point at his Harrogate home.
Richards is a regular pundit on Sky Sports alongside Roy Keane and Graeme Souness. During Sunday’s coverage, the trio discussed what steps they had taken to tackle climate change and improve the environment.
Richards said he had an electric car and hoped to install a charging point at his home.
However, the former England player claimed he was held back by the council’s planning department. He said:
“I had an electric car for a while. Harrogate council though didn’t allow me to have a charger. So I had to stop that for about six months.”
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Richards’ comments received support on Twitter, with one person saying councils and government should do more to install charging points and encourage electric vehicle use:
“Good of Micah Richards to mention Harrogate council. The government and councils don’t help on the expense involved of electric cars and charging points to make it practical. You either want to do this as a country for people or not.”
Another person tweeted:
“Micah Richards calling out Harrogate planning department for refusing an electric charging point was not the content I was expecting when turning on Sky Sports today!”
A council spokesman said:
“Planning permission is not normally required for the installation of wall-mounted electric vehicle charging points so we’d welcome Mr Richards getting in touch with us as we’d be happy to help.
“He is also welcome to use the charging points at our civic centre on St Luke’s Avenue in Harrogate.”
