Tottenham star Jermain Defoe admits using mobile phone while driving
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In court: Jermain Defoe, pictured on England duty this summer
12 April 2012
Tottenham and England striker Jermain Defoe today admitted using a hand-held mobile phone while driving.
A lawyer entered a guilty plea on the footballer's behalf prior to a hearing before magistrates in Witham, Essex.
Defoe, 27, of Cuffley, Hertfordshire, had previously entered a plea of not guilty to using the phone while at the wheel of a Range Rover in Loughton, Essex, in October 2009.
Sentencing was adjourned until September 17 and a court legal adviser said Defoe could be disqualified from driving.