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Beckham admits using phone while driving

LONDON, United Kingdom – Former England captain, David Beckham was  charged for using the mobile phone while driving, having admitted to it, police said.

A member of the public told police they saw the 43-year-old ex-Manchester United and Real Madrid player on the phone while at the wheel of his Bentley on Nov. 21 last year.

“The Met (Metropolitan Police) understands a postal guilty plea was subsequently received by Bromley Magistrates’ Court,” Rappler quoted the police as saying in a dispatch from Agence France Presse (AFP).

Two months earlier, Beckham was accused of “shirking his responsibility” as a role model after avoiding prosecution on a speeding charge because of a technicality, said the AFP report.

Enlisting the services of celebrity lawyer Nick Freeman, who is dubbed “Mr Loophole,” Beckham accepted he drove at 59 miles (95 kilometers) per hour in a 40 mph zone in west London in January last year.

Using a hand-held mobile phone while driving in Britain is illegal.

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