Drink-drive Lingard sorry after 'putting lives at risk'

JESSE Lingard has apologised for 'putting the lives of others at risk' after he admitted drink-driving in his £200,000 Lamborghini.

- IAN LEONARD & JOHN SCHEERHOUT

The former United player was fined £57,000 for being more than twice the legal limit. Manchester magistrates court heard how Lingard, 30, was driving in Sale on July 8 when he was stopped by police.

Tara Riley, prosecuting, said an officer who was following his Lamborghini Urus became aware it was being driven at speed. The officer's 'initial belief, she said, was Lingard's vehicle was racing another high-performance car.

"He doesn't believe 100 per cent they were racing but they were driving at speed," she said.

She said the officer spoke to Lingard, from Altrincham, at the roadside and believed he was under the influence of alcohol. A breath test revealed 76 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath the legal limit is 35 micrograms per 100 millilitres of breath, The Mirror reports.