Champion jockey Oisin Murphy pleads GUILTY to drink-driving after smashing Mercedes into tree
RACING SHAME Champion jockey Oisin Murphy pleads GUILTY to drink-driving after smashing Mercedes into tree
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CHAMPION jockey Oisin Murphy has pleaded guilty to drink-driving after smashing his Mercedes into a tree.
The 29-year-old was charged last month on the same day he rode a double at Royal Ascot.
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Oisin Murphy has pleaded guilty over a drink-drive smash
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He will be sentenced later today
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Murphy appeared at Reading Magistrates Court today where he pleaded guilty to one count of driving a motor vehicle while over the prescribed limit of alcohol.
He was not asked to plead on another count of failing to cooperate with a preliminary test at the roadside.
The jockey crashed his car into a tree in Hermitage, Berkshire, on April 27 this year just after midnight.
He had ridden a treble at Leicester the day before the crash.
Murphy, who grew up in Killarney, Co Kerry, has been crowned UK champion jockey four times - in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2024.
He was among the winners at the Doncaster Racecourse Supporting Racing Staff Week Handicap last week.
Murphy also rode five winners at Royal Ascot earlier in June.
He will be sentenced later today.
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