Nicky Butt is banned from the roads for a 12 months after driving offence
Nicky Butt has been banned from driving for 12 months and ordered to do 100 hours unpaid work after breaking a motorcyclist’s leg in a road crash.
The former Manchester United footballer was behind the wheel of his £100,000 Range Rover and heading home after taking his son to football training in Burnley.
Butt, 49, then pulled out in front of a Honda motorbike ridden by Adam Fielding, 28, following a ‘momentary lapse of concentration’, Blackburn Magistrates’ Court heard.
Former Manchester United player Nicky Butt arrives at Blackburn Magistrates’ Court today
Nicky Butt walks into Blackburn Magistrates’ Court in Lancashire today for his hearing
Nicky Butt has been banned from driving for 12 months at Blackburn Magistrates’ Court today
Mr Fielding suffered a broken left leg and other injuries, spending two weeks in hospital after the crash which happened on October 17, 2022 at around 8.10pm.
The victim has had to have metal rods inserted in his leg, lost his job and has suffered psychological damage and is in constant pain, the court was told.
Butt, of Bowdon, Greater Manchester, told the court in a statement: ‘I could not be more sorry.’ It is also understood that he wrote an apology to Mr Fielden.
Butt, who admitted causing serious injury by careless driving at an earlier hearing, was also ordered to pay a £140 government surcharge and £85 costs.
Former Manchester United player Nicky Butt arrives at Blackburn Magistrates’ Court today
Nicky Butt walks into Blackburn Magistrates’ Court in Lancashire today for his hearing
Speaking at a previous hearing in April, prosecutor Graeme Tindall said: ‘What appears to have happened is a number of vehicles pass what appears to look like a HGV.
‘Mr Butt having let the HGV come past, pulls out and this is when Mr Fielden is coming past on the motorcycle.’
John Dye, defending Butt at that previous hearing, said: ‘The loss of his licence is going to be extremely inconvenient to him and his family but that is the inevitable consequence of this case.’
