
Oli McBurnie appears in court and admits drink-driving at 'idiotic' speed after changing plea
A Premier League football ace has pleaded guilty to drink driving while speeding in his black Audi A8 and has been slapped with a fine of almost £30,000.
Oliver McBurnie, a £20million striker at Sheffield United, was one-and-a-half times over the drink drive limit when he was stopped by police in the early hours of October 18, last year.
The 24-year-old Scottish international was breathalysed at the scene in Garforth, West Yorks., and recorded a reading of 53 micrograms per 100 millilitres of breath.
The legal limit is 35 micrograms per 100 millilitres of breath.
McBurnie will have to pay a £29,301 fine - which is less than two weeks' of his £20,000 per week wage.
The court heard how officers spotted McBurnie driving recklessly at 1.16am on
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