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Tom Lawrence and Mason Bennett plead guilty to drink-driving | Tom Lawrence and Mason Bennett plead guilty to drink-driving |
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Derby County footballers Tom Lawrence and Mason Bennett have pleaded guilty to drink-driving. | Derby County footballers Tom Lawrence and Mason Bennett have pleaded guilty to drink-driving. |
The pair were charged after a Range Rover Sport and Mercedes GLC crashed in Derby after a team-building dinner. | |
At the city's magistrates' court they also admitted failing to stop at the scene of the crash on 24 September. | |
The court heard Lawrence, 25, gave a breath test reading of 58mcg per 100ml and Bennett a reading of 64. The legal limit is 35mcg per 100ml. | |
Welsh international Lawrence's vehicle crashed into the back of Bennett's on the A6 in Allestree shortly before midnight. | |
The pair left the scene but returned 45 minutes later, the court heard. | |
Derby captain Richard Keogh, who was a passenger in one of the cars, suffered a knee injury that has ruled him out for up to 15 months. | |
Lawrence, of Duffield, and Bennett, 23, of Whaley Thorns near Mansfield, were fined six weeks' wages by the club after the crash. | |
Derby also condemned the players for bringing the club into disrepute following the "alcohol-related incident". | |
Lawrence signed for Derby from Leicester City for £5m in August 2017, while Bennett came through the Rams' youth system. | |
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