Former champ 'Prince' Naseem facing prison for dangerous driving

0 Comments | AFP, March, 2006

SHEFFIELD, England (AFP) — A judge has warned former world featherweight champion Naseem Hamed that he could be jailed after pleading guilty to dangerous driving.

Hamed, 31, was bailed and will be sentenced on May 12 in relation to a crash in May 2005 involving his 300,000-pound Mercedes McClaren sports car and two other vehicles, which left one man seriously injured.

The Recorder of Sheffield, Judge Alan Goldsack, agreed to adjourn the case until May 12 to allow pre-sentence reports to be prepared.

He gave Hamed an interim driving ban and told him: "Do not take bail as any indication that you will receive anything other than a custodial sentence."

Hamed was arrested and charged following a serious accident on Ringinglow Road, on the edge of the Peak...

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