Young due in court for speeding offence

Manchester United and England star Ashley Young is due to go on trial today accused of a speeding offence.

Young, 28, is alleged to have exceeded a 50mph limit on the M6 Toll in Warwickshire while driving a Range Rover on March 7 last year.

The former Aston Villa and Watford midfielder faces a further charge of failing to give information to the police about the identity of the driver of the vehicle.

Young, of Prestbury, near Macclesfield, Cheshire, will stand trial at Leamington Spa Magistrates’ Court this afternoon.