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| Down The Steps: Jordon Ibe |
Premier League footballer Jordon Ibe has been caught flouting the driving ban he received for crashing into a coffee shop while at the wheel of a £133,000 Bentley.
This time the 24 year-old ex-Liverpool and Bournemouth winger was caught driving a blue Range Rover, just seven weeks into the sixteen-month disqualification.
He appeared at Bromley Magistrates Court today, where he was fined £1,000, plus £85 costs and banned for eighteen months.
Ibe, of Bonham House, Westerham Road, Keston pleaded guilty to driving in Edgington Way, Bexleyheath, while disqualified, on April 22.
He also pleaded guilty to driving without insurance.
Once a £15m signing for the Cherries, Ibe is currently out of contract and looking for a new club after the south coast outfit declined to extend his lucrative deal.
Last March Ibe was banned, fined £7,500 and placed on a 12-month Community Order after pleading guilty to careless driving and being convicted of failing to stop after the late-night crash.
The court heard on that occasion how Ibe demolished the front of The Pantry coffee shop when he lost control of the powerful 4x4 at 4.50am.
At the time he lived in a £1.1m six-bedroom detached house at 63c Haven Road, Poole, Dorset.
The July 30, 2019 crash in Plaistow Lane, Bromley also resulted in damage to a parked black Mercedes-Benz.
Prosecutor Mr. George Crivelli told the court Ibe waited at the scene of destruction only four minutes before reversing his 187mmph white Bentley Bentayga luxury SUV and driving away.
“He caused such damage that the front had to be razed (corr) from the foundations and was rendered unsafe. He left part of his car inside the shop.”
The Bermondsey-born winger joined AFC Bournemouth in 2016 from Liverpool for a then club record of £15m.
He has represented England at U-18, U-19, U-20 and U-21 level.
“The Crown say in Plaistow Lane, Bromley Mr. Ibe was the driver of a white Bentley Bentayga. At around 4.50am the defendant was involved in a collision,” explained Mr. Cravelli.
“His vehicle has left the road, collided with a parked car and crashed into the shop front.
“It is said to have remained there a short time and then reversed and left the scene.
“The actions of the defendant have not been to the required standard expected of someone driving on the road. He has not waited at the scene.”
Ibe argued he waited ten minutes at the scene, but there was nobody to exchange details with, a claim disputed by the police, who responded immediately to a 999 call.
“Police were at the location in four minutes and he had already left the scene.”
The damage was reportedly approximately £15,000 and cafe owner Sarah Dickson only discovered the destruction the following day.
“In her statement she says she was at the shop at midday the next day and nobody had left a note,” said Mr. Cravelli.
The once £38,000-a-week forward failed to impress at Bournemouth since his big-money transfer, making a total of 92 appearances in all competitions and only scoring 5 goals.
Last season he made just two brief substitute appearances in the Premier League and featured in two League Cup games.
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