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| Carlos Tevez admits driving while disqualified | Carlos Tevez admits driving while disqualified |
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| Manchester City footballer Carlos Tevez has admitted driving while disqualified and without insurance. | |
| The 29-year-old striker of Alderley Edge, Cheshire, was arrested on 7 March on the A538 in Macclesfield. | |
| In January he was banned from driving for six months after failing to respond to police letters about speeding. | In January he was banned from driving for six months after failing to respond to police letters about speeding. |
| Macclesfield magistrates heard Tevez has not yet got a UK driving licence, partly because he has struggled to pass the theory test which is in English. | Macclesfield magistrates heard Tevez has not yet got a UK driving licence, partly because he has struggled to pass the theory test which is in English. |
| He entered a guilty plea in his native Spanish with the aid of an interpreter. | |
| Elizabeth Depares, chairwoman of the bench, deferred passing sentence until Tevez had spoken to a probation officer. | |
| She said: "We do feel he has served a significant proportion of his disqualification. | |
| "Therefore on that basis, we have been looking at a starting point of a community order." | |
| Tevez was stopped by police as he left the Mottram Hall Hotel and Golf Club in Cheshire following an anonymous tip-off. | |
| Kate Marchuk, prosecuting, said: "There had been a call from an anonymous caller, that the defendant had driven a white Range Rover to the golf club whilst disqualified." | |
| In fact Tevez did not get into the Range Rover, but left the club at about 17:00 GMT in a white Porsche Cayenne. | |
| He was stopped nearby and arrested for driving while disqualified and having no insurance. | |
| He told the officer: "I only live down the road. Two minutes." | |
| Tevez was taken to the police station and later bailed but at a second interview made no reply to police questions. |