Champion jockey Oisin Murphy handed fine and driving ban after crashing car while drunk

Champion jockey Oisin Murphy was fined £70,000 and banned from driving for 20 months over a drink driving offence. The four-time British champion Flat rider appeared at Reading magistrates court on Thursday where he faced one charge.

Murphy, 29, was involved in a serious road traffic collision in Hermitage, West Berkshire in April this year when a grey Mercedes A Class car left the road and crashed into a tree.

When he stood in the dock at Reading he pleaded guilty to having 66 micrograms of alcohol in 1,000 millilitres of breath. The test was given nearly seven hours after his arrest. A second charge of failing to provide a breath test at the roadside was withdrawn.

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He was fined £70,000, ordered to pay a £2,000 surcharge and £85 costs, to be paid by June 31.

His licence was disqualified for 20 months but he will receive a 20 week reduction if he completes a drink driving rehabilitation scheme by August 2026.

Murphy left the court without making comment.

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