Ex-Shelbourne player admits to court €60k damages claim is 'complete and utter lie'

Dylan Fox told the court his neck, shoulders and lower back had been injured in a rear-ending accident. File photo

Former Shelbourne and now Ayrfield United footballer Dylan Fox stepped from a court witness box today and, on legal advice, pulled a €60,000 damages claim after admitting he had lied on oath about injuries he had received in a rear-ending accident.

The 20-year-old Co. Meath apprentice mechanic, who shone as a promising young soccer star with Shelbourne’s Under-19s, told barrister Shane English in the Circuit Civil Court he continued to play football at a time when he had told his employer he was unfit for work.