Brandon Williams, who played for Manchester United before leaving the club in the summer of 2024, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and driving without third party insurance

Former Manchester United defender Brandon Williams has been sentenced to 14 months in prison, suspended for two years, after pleading guilty to dangerous driving and driving without third party insurance. He will also receive 180 hours of community service and has been banned from driving for three years.

The 24-year-old’s sentencing hearing was held at Chester Crown Court on Friday, having been pushed back from an original date earlier in the month, with Williams having pleaded guilty in March after being caught doing up to 99mph in a 70mph zone. The Crown Prosecution Service said the footballer was spotted driving at high speeds and in an erratic manner in an Audi A3 on the A34 near Handforth, Cheshire, on August 20 2023.

The full-back had a female passenger in his car, and was spotted by witnesses well over the speed limit and with a balloon at his mouth. On March 14, he pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and driving without third party insurance at Chester Crown Court and said “no comment” when…