Troubled former Premier League star Marcus Bent has been fined for speeding in Manchester.
The 40-year-old, who is is now retired but played for a host of clubs including Everton, Wigan Athletic and Blackburn Rovers, was caught doing 50mph in a 40mph zone on Princess Parkway in June last year.
Manchester Magistrates' Court heard how Bent pleaded guilty online and indicated that he had sent his licence and a fixed penalty fee to the DVLA.
The fine was paid, however, his licence was not received and as a result Bent's case landed him in court.
The former striker listed his address as an apartment on Deansgate but he did not attend the hearing on Friday morning.
It went ahead in his absence.
Bent was fined £70 by magistrates plus a £30 victim surcharge and had three points put on his licence.
Earlier this year Bent was declared bankrupt at the High Court, capping a spectacular fall from grace.
The former England U21 international spent the last years of his professional career playing in Indonesia for Mitra Kukar, but hasn't been registered at any club since leaving Southern Combination Division One side Wick in 2017, the Mirror reported.
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And in January he was forced to declare insolvency, according to the public record, despite having once earned a salary of around £1million-a-year.
In 2015, Bent was charged with affray and possession of a Class A drug after calling police to his home in Esher, Surrey, believing there to be an intruder on the premises.
He was tasered at the scene by officers after he charged topless at them armed with a meat cleaver, before being apprehended and taken into custody.
He received a fine and a 12-month suspended sentence.
The following year he was back in court, this time after being arrested for possession of cocaine at Chessington World of Adventures, where he received a fine.
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