Irish champion jockey pleads guilty to drink driving after crashing into tree

The multiple champion flat jockey pleaded guilty to one count of driving a vehicle when over the prescribed limit of alcohol.

Murphy was not asked to plead on a second charge of failing to cooperate with police when asked to take a preliminary test at the roadside.

Murphy was fined £70,000 and banned from driving for 20 months. His legal representative said his client had made a ‘grave error’.

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Oisin Murphy, of Beales Farm Road, Lambourn, Hungerford, was charged by postal requisition with one count of driving a motor vehicle while over the prescribed limit of alcohol and one count of failing to cooperate with a preliminary test at the roadside.

The charge is in connection with a single vehicle road traffic collision around 12.05am on Sunday 27 April this year when a grey Mercedes A Class left the road and crashed into a tree.

The Killarney jockey is due to fly to the United States tomorrow where he is booked to ride in the Belmont Derby at Saratoga on Saturday.