Bolton Wanderers Star Denies Mercedes Speed Camera Offence

Bolton Wanderers FC star Dean Moxey denies he was speeding in a Mercedes caught on camera – claiming he had already returned the leased super-saloon and somebody else must have been driving it.

The 29 year-old left-back, of Farington Lodge Gardens, Farington, Leyland is being prosecuted for failing to give information relating to the identification of the driver of the Mercedes C63 snapped exceeding the limit in the London area on August 27, last year.

The Exeter-born star, who was signed on a free transfer from Premier League Crystal Palace at the start of the season, told Lavender Hill Magistrates Court in a letter he had already returned the vehicle around the time he moved from his former address in Caterham, Surrey.

He was still the registered keeper of the car when it was photographed over the limit, but failed to reply to two letters sent to his address.

However, Moxey says he leased the vehicle for twelve months from June 27, 2013 explaining: “I don't believe the car was anything to do with me at this time and Mercedes know I did not have anything to do with the car.”

The court ruled Moxey's letter raised a “number of issues” and the case was adjourned until April 22 to give the player the opportunity to produce evidence he had returned the vehicle to the lease company before the speeding offence.