Man United defender Leny Yoro slapped with six-month driving ban

Manchester United defender Leny Yoro has been banned from driving for six months aft speeding astatine much than 70mph successful a residential area.

The 20-year-old centre back's £170,000 Porsche Cayenne was clocked astatine 72mph by a camera successful nan Manchester suburb of Withington past August.

Court papers uncover Yoro was driving astatine astir two-and-a-half times nan 30mph velocity limit astatine nan time.

Lawyers for nan French defender issued an apology connected his behalf, insisting that nan roadworthy was clear astatine nan clip and Yoro was "rushing to return a friend to nan railway station".

Lisa Nevitt, Yoro’s lawyer from patient Burton Copeland, wrote to nan tribunal highlighting Yoro’s co-operation and accountability, saying that he “would not activity to reason that he should not beryllium disqualification”.

"He is not liable to a totting up disqualification but understands because of nan velocity progressive that it is highly apt nan tribunal will enforce a disqualification alternatively than punishment points," she wrote.

"Our customer would for illustration to return this opportunity to apologise for nan incident which came astir arsenic he was rushing to return a friend to nan railway station.

"Our customer further states that he believes wherever nan speeding took spot was astatine a constituent wherever nan roadworthy was wide and location was small imaginable of being immoderate interaction pinch immoderate susceptible roadworthy users specified arsenic pedestrians."

The incident, which took play aft 4pm BST connected 28 August, took spot connected Mauldeth Road West connected a agelong of roadworthy which includes houses arsenic good arsenic a secondary school.

Yoro was charged by Greater Manchester Police pinch speeding and failing to place nan driver of nan car.

The Frenchman signed for Man United successful nan summertime of 2024 and has made 23 appearances for nan nine this term.

Additional reporting from PA