Art Of Glass

Footballer Harry Arter has been fined for the excessive blacked-out windows of his luxury Bentley.

The Nottingham Forest midfielder, 31, was stopped by police in south-west London because of the expensive vehicle’s over-the-top tint job.

The Republic of Ireland international, who starred in the Premier League with AFC Bournemouth, was fined £220, with £110 costs and was ordered to pay a £32 victim surcharge.

Arter, of Pendenza, Cobham, Surrey did not appear at Lavender Hill Magistrates Court and the case was proved in his absence.

He was convicted of driving the Bentley, which had insufficient transmission of light through the passenger-side front window, on the A3 Kingston Road on August 26, 2019.

Prosecutor Geraldine Dickinson told the court it was 9.29am when PC Dean Reynolds pulled Arter over.

The officer measured that only 23% of light was allowed through the passenger window. The legal requirement is 70%.

“The £50 fixed penalty was offered and he did attempt to pay, but it did not go through,” explained the prosecutor.