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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. Manchester City's Carlos Tevez has been ordered to carry out 250 hours of community service after 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. The 29-year-old of Alderley Edge, Cheshire, was also banned from driving for six months and fined £1,000.
In January he was banned from driving for six months after failing to respond to police letters about speeding. He was arrested after breaking an earlier driving ban for failing to reply 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. Magistrates heard Tevez does not have a UK licence because he has struggled to pass the theory test in English.
He entered a guilty plea in his native Spanish with the aid of an interpreter. Argentinian striker Tevez was stopped by police on 7 March as he left the Mottram Hall Hotel and Golf Club in Macclesfield, Cheshire.
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."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.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 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."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.Tevez was taken to the police station and later bailed but at a second interview made no reply to police questions.