Sicknote Chelsea Defender Wesley Fofana Gets Two-Year Speeding Ban

Chelsea FC’s Wesley Fofana has been banned from driving for two years after eight more offences in three expensive high-powered vehicles.

The £70m centre-half was also slapped with a whopping thirty-eight penalty points - taking the total on his driving licence to forty-seven.

The 24 year-old Marseille-born French national did not appear at Lavender Hill Magistrates’ Court, where he was also fined a total of £5,328, plus a £2,131 victim surcharge.

“The minimum disqualification today is twelve months, but we take into account the fact he is a habitual speeder, with access to powerful motorcars, who speeds at nearly double the speed limit,” announced bench Chairman John Soones.

The injury-plagued star committed five of the speeding offences while behind the wheel of his white 6.7 litre Rolls Royce Cullinan, which start at approximately £300,000 new.

Two offences were while driving his blue 4.0 litre Audi  and he was once caught speeding in his Lamborghini Urus, which retail from £200,000 new.

The former Leicester City defender won the 2021 FA Cup with the Foxes, but is regarded as a “sicknote” by Blues fans, having missed the entire 2023-2024 campaign with an ACL.

He is currently out with a season-ending hamstring injury.

Fofana, who lives in a detached £2.8m seven-bedroom house in Coombe Lane West, Kingston-upon-Thames, where rapper Stormzy is a neighbour, has only made fourteen Premier League appearances this campaign.

He signed a seven-year contract with Chelsea FC in August, 2022 and today his lawyer Imogen Cox told the magistrates he earns in excess of the £1,000-a week court maximum used for calculating fines.

All five speeding offences in his Rolls Royce were in a 50mph zone on the A3 Esher bypass, which Fofana regularly uses to get to and from his home to the club’s training ground in Cobham, Surrey.

A speed camera caught him at 77mph on December 26, last year; 68mph the next day; 90mph on December 30, 2024; 88mph on January 11, this year and 67mph on February 2.

Prosecutor Laura-Ann Harding told the court it was 3.02am when Fofana was caught at 77mph; 1.00am when caught at 90mph and approaching 1.00am when caught at 67mph.

The other two offences were at 10.00pm and 9.46pm.

He was caught again in the same spot on the A3 while driving his Audi at 62mph on September 10, last year and at 83mph the next month on October 21.

The earliest offence was when Fofana drove his Lamborghini at 26mph in a 20mph zone at just before 1.00am in Acre Lane, Brixton on March 12, 2024.

Fofana had so many speeding offences at Lavender Hill they were scattered throughout the building’s courtrooms and Chairman Mr Soones quipped: “He’s got a flush. He is in Court One, Two and Three, but we have gathered them all together”

The French international admitted all the offences and his personal ‘Executive Assistant’ worked closely with Ms Cox to bring them all together to be dealt with at one hearing.

The court also heard Fofana was disqualified for six months in January, 2023 for speeding offences and before today’s sentence had nine points on his licence - again for speeding in 2022 and 2023.

“Mr Fofana means no disrespect by not attending court today,” said Ms Cox. “He clearly faces a disqualification and knows he is going to be disqualified and I asked him to not drive after 9.30am today.

“He has a significant gap on his driving record where he is not committing offences,” added the lawyer, referring to one in 2022 and one in 2023 before this latest batch.

“He was doing more driving miles and he accepts he disregarded the rules of the road and he asks me to apologise on his behalf.

“There is no ‘exceptional hardship’ argument put forward by Mr Fofana. He knows he is going to be off the road for at least twelve months,” added Ms Cox.

“He earns in excess of the one thousand pounds a week maximum we use for these offences and he realises he is likely to receive the maximum fine.

“He is a young man that plays football for a living and he works extremely hard, training and has foolishly not complied with the rules of the road.

‘He is a young man and he moved over here for work and knows that he has done wrong. He has appointed his executive assistant to liaise with me.”

Fofana must also pay £110 costs and was given fourteen days to pay the entire sum in full.

Seventeen Years For Drama Teacher Who Sexually Abused Pupil

A “respected and very popular” dedicated drama teacher has been sentenced to seventeen years imprisonment for grooming and molesting a young pupil.

Shaun Baker, 50, Head of Drama at Bromley’s Ravens Wood School repeatedly abused the boy when he was aged twelve to fifteen years-old over a decade ago.

Remarkably, he asked the sentencing judge to give him credit for establishing an after-school club, which provided him further opportunities to groom the youngster.

Baker, of Ridgeway, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells fought the charges for nearly four years, but was convicted by a Croydon Crown Court jury of three counts of rape.

He was also convicted of seven counts of sexual activity with a child while in a position of trust; a further count of sexual activity with a child when he was no longer his schoolteacher; two counts of causing a child to watch sexual activity, plus a count of sending images of sexual activity.

The offences occurred between September, 2009 and January, 2013 in Baker’s home, garage and car, with the schoolteacher ordering the boy to duck down in his vehicle so his professional colleagues would not see him.

Some of the abuse also occurred at Baker’s former addresses in West Peckham, Kent and Charterhouse Road, Orpington.

The trial heard Baker’s grooming continued at his after-school ’Tech Club’ which taught youngsters the skills of lighting, sound and special effects in live performances.

The victim was also encouraged to play ‘truth or dare’ games in Baker’s garage, where his technical equipment was stored, involving mutual exposure and escalating the grooming.

Baker touched the boy intimately and forced to youngster to touch him; showed him gay porn DVD’s, escalating to the most serious offences of oral rape.

He was arrested in October, 2021 when the victim eventually came forward - resulting in suspension from teaching - and was charged nearly two years later.

“During his evidence the victim described him as a respected and very popular teacher amongst the pupils and other teachers,” said Sadaf Etemadi, defending.

“He went above and beyond the regular teaching hours and set-up an after-school club and the complainant says there were positive aspects with Mr Baker being his only support network.”

The court heard Baker enjoys the continued support of his family and his partner, who he only met one month before his arrest and accompanied him throughout the trial.

“He was an exemplary teacher with an enviable record and has dedicated his life to the profession. During his evidence he outlined his career and background and what came through was his passion for teaching,” added Ms Etemadi.

“It is anticipated he will be banned from teaching and to Mr Baker that is the greatest punishment. He knows he can never go back to teaching.”

The victim did not attend the hearing, but in a statement said: “I had been a child manipulated by an adult and now finally my voice that was not heard as a child has been heard.

“He abused his position of trust as a teacher and the abuse took place systematically. I have re-lived the feelings of helplessness and have woken up terrified.”

Judge Peter Gower KC told Baker he must serve two-thirds of the sentence before parole can be considered and must sign the sex offenders register for life.

“You sometimes collected him after school and told him to duck down in your car so the other teachers would not see both of you,” Judge Gower told suited Baker, who showed no emotion.

“You began to abuse him on a regular basis in both your home and in the privacy of your garage, where you knew you would not be disturbed by your then partner.

“He submitted because he felt he had no choice and thought of himself as your trusted sidekick and you exploited him.

“You told him it was ‘your secret’ and not to tell anybody and when the complainants mother became suspicious he denied anything was happening.”

Montessori Nursery Worker Repeatedly Kicked Toddler In Face

Kicks: Roksana Lecka

The trial of a Montessori nursery worker watched shocking CCTV footage of her flicking her foot into the face of the boy she was caring for.

Roksana Łęcka, 22, was employed at the Riverside Nursery, Twickenham Green, where she is accused of repeatedly pinching, punching and grabbing the youngsters.

While lying on a mattress in the Sleep Room the little boy is at the feet of Lecka, who is standing over him, wearing a pair of sneakers later seized by police.

“She kicks him four times to the face and then steps on his shoulder, causing him to cry and then kicks him in the face agin,” explained prosecutor Tracy Ayling.

As the footage was played gasps and sobs could be heard from the packed public gallery.

CCTV footage of another incident with the same boy was played as the prosecutor outlined: “She approaches him and he backs away and as this defendant grabs his hand he drops to the floor crying.

“She pinches him to the mouth and nose and right arm and touches him to the face, causing him to cry. She pinches the right side of his torso and his right arm, nose and stomach and then gets up and leaves.”

The jury were played further footage of Lecka carrying a girl and then a boy in and out of the Sleep Room.

“The point is to show you the surreptitious nature of what was going on. She will hit the children in the doorway to the Sleep Room.”

The footage shows Lecka out of sight of her colleagues and the little girl’s head rock back twice as the defendant apparently strikes her.

There is a similar incident with the boy toddler as Lecka removes him from a cot and exits the Sleep Room.

The jury spent a great deal of time observing the CCTV footage, which captured another incident in the Sleep Room of Lecka engaged with a little boy.

“She kicks the mattress towards him and he falls over,” explained Ms Ayling. “She then pulls him onto the mattress face first.

“The defendant pinches him to the arm and he begins to cry and she pinches him to the chest and then again to the chest and again.”

The CCTV shows Lecka then exhaling her vape in the boy’s direction.

Extensive footage was played of Lecka sitting next to a little boy at a table with other children, with the prosecution saying she is constantly pinching him all over his body, making him cry.

“She pinches his right arm, then under his elbow then to his left side. She pinches his stomach and he bursts into tears and then she looks around and pinches him twice in the back.

“She appears to kiss him and pinch his cheek, causing him to flinch and pinches his left leg twice.”

Lecka has pleaded not guilty at Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court to twenty-two counts of child cruelty, but has admitted two identical charges, relating to a boy and a girl.

Lecka, of Avro Place, Hounslow was eventually sent home on June 28, last year after fellow-staff became alarmed by her behaviour and police charged her after analysing months of internal CCTV.

The trial continues.....

Montessori Nursery Parents Saw Injuries On Children

On Trial: Roksana Lecka

A jury trying a nursery worker for physically abusing toddlers at a £1900-a-month Montessori were told suspicious parents were already taking bath-time snaps of their injured children before the alarm was raised.

Roksana Lecka, 22, was employed at the Riverside Nursery, Twickenham Green, where she is accused of repeatedly pinching, punching and grabbing the youngsters.

She has pleaded not guilty at Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court to twenty-two counts of child cruelty, but has admitted two identical charges, relating to a boy and a girl.

Lecka, of Avro Place, Hounslow was eventually sent home on June 28, last year after fellow-staff became alarmed by her behaviour and police charged her after analysing months of internal CCTV.

However, concerned parents were already collecting evidence of her abuse, prosecutor Tracy Ayling KC told the jury yesterday.

“Parents had their worries and took photos on other occasions and consultant paediatrician Dr. Stephen Rose has looked at those photos and all of the CCTV.”

The parents of one little girl took photos of her injuries on March 13 and April 22, last year.

“Dr Rose says the pictures of her left side, three pink marks are pressure marks and that accidental bruising to the side of the torso is unusual.”

The parents also took an image of redness behind their daughter’s right ear. “Dr Rose says the discolouration is consistent with bruising and the ear is rarely accidentally bruised and was likely to be a non-accidental injury.

“The Crown says all of these injuries are non-accidental. We suggest that what you see on the CCTV, coupled with the photos means she was abused on earlier occasions and not just what you can see on the CCTV.”

The mother of a young boy to a photo of reddening to the back of his right ear on May 18, said the prosecutor. “Dr Rose says it is consistent with pinching.

“He says the cause of this was non-accidental and the Crown say this is further evidence of the defendant mistreating him longer than what we see on the CCTV.

“There are these earlier injury photos as well.”

The parents of the girl Lecka has admitted inflicting cruelty to were alarmed on both March 6 and May 14 after their daughter returned from the nursery.  

“When giving her a bath in March the parents noticed marks to her hips and left forearm and were told by the nursery there were no concerns and no reported falls noted.

“The parents took photos again on May 14 after seeing marks in the left side of the girl’s body and to her right hip.

“Dr Rose says these are non-accidental injuries, consistent with thumb or fingernail injuries. These bruises are in the opinion of the consultant the result of inflicted injury.

“The marks provide further support that this defendant abused this girl in a wider timeframe than that seen on the CCTV,” Ms Ayling told the jury.

“It shows you what the defendant is capable of and she accepts she is capable of.”

For the first time the jurors were given added details of the one count regarding Lecka’s previous place of employment at another Montessori in nearly Hounslow, Little Munchkins. 

There, on October 19, 2023 a co-worker, Chamilla Seneviratne, was changing a child’s nappy in a side room, when she heard Lecka shout at a little girl: “You are so annoying.”

“She heard the girl screaming and crying,” explained the KC. “She saw a red bump on the girl’s upper thigh, as if she had been pinched and took a photo of what she saw.”

Ms Chamilla Seneviratne said in her statement: “She was running towards me and crying so badly. I saw this big, bumpy red patch on her skin.”

Lecka overheard staff discussing checking the room’s CCTV. “She started panicking and said she was feeling hot and when she heard about the camera she was panicking even more,” said the witness.

Unfortunately a blind spot meant the camera did not capture the incident, but Ms Seneviratne came forward after hearing publicity about the case.

Little Munchkins management were not happy with the witness’s assessment of the incident.

“She was sent for re-training because the management felt her use of the word ‘pinching’ was inappropriate,” explained Ms Ayling.

“The defendant behaviour here is so similar to what happened at Riverside.”

Dressed in a smart black jacket and black shirt Lecka, of Avro Place, Hounslow stared intently at the CCTV footage as the evidence was outlined, without showing any emotion.