Ex-Shrews player Grant Holt will learn his sentence
Wednesday 11th August 2010, 12:50PM BST.
Former Shrewsbury Town striker Grant Holt is due to be sentenced next month following his conviction for a driving offence committed in Shropshire, a court heard today.
The 29-year-old, of Warwick Road, Carlisle, was convicted last week of failing to give information about the identity of the driver of a car allegedly caught speeding near Whitchurch last year.
Today Shrewsbury magistrates set a date for a special reasons hearing to be heard before Oswestry magistrates on September 13. Holt may be sentenced at the end of the hearing.
It is understood Holt’s legal team will attempt to argue that he has grounds for a more lenient sentence, but they will not be seeking to overturn his conviction.
On Friday Holt, who now plays for Championship side Norwich, failed to attend his trial before Market Drayton magistrates.
Holt was not required to attend today’s hearing.
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