According to the Daily Mail, Antonio Michail was found guilty in court for failing to provide information about the driver of a Lamborghini involved in an alleged traffic violation.

The former West Ham United striker was prosecuted by the Metropolitan Police for failing to assist in the investigation. Authorities stated that his Lamborghini was allegedly driven carelessly at 12:38 a.m. on November 5 last year on Pall Mall, London. Antonio claimed he was not the driver that night, stating he was in Manchester at the time and had lent his vehicle to someone else.

Antonio stated that he did not receive the initial police letter requesting driver identification and suspected it was lost in the mail. He also said he was surprised to learn in February this year that he was being prosecuted and handed the matter over to his solicitor Tariq Josephs.

Following a brief hearing, the judge ruled that Antonio failed to provide the driver information as required by law. Judge Ian Comfort stated that the court was satisfied the police letter had been sent.

Antonio had previously been convicted of driving without insurance in July 2024 and already had 6 points on his license, leaving him facing an automatic driving ban. The Metropolitan Police sent Antonio a letter on November 12 last year requesting confirmation of the driver's identity and initiated proceedings after receiving no response.

Antonio testified that from November 3 to 6 last year, he was in Manchester visiting his children and had given the Lamborghini keys to Josephs, who operates a car rental business. He stated that Josephs occasionally rented out his vehicles, and Josephs would contact him when someone wanted to rent the Lamborghini. Antonio then learned that the vehicle was with Josephs at that time, and Josephs came to collect the form and promised to return the relevant information.

Josephs stated that he completed the response form, pleaded not guilty, and explained that the vehicle was on loan at the time. When asked why he did not include the other driver's information on the form, he claimed he sent back a copy of the car rental agreement in the same envelope.

Antonio's girlfriend, Sunita Baines, also testified. She stated that she was responsible for collecting mail at their £2.2 million home in Buckinghamshire but did not believe the initial police letter ever arrived.

Antonio also faces charges of failing to respond to questions from West Midlands Police regarding the Lamborghini speeding incident, with that case scheduled for trial in March.

Antonio's career was affected in December 2023 when he was involved in a car crash while driving a Ferrari in Epping Forest, Essex, suffering a severe leg fracture and spending 3 weeks in hospital, then missing over half a season due to injury.

The Jamaica international previously played for Reading, Sheffield Wednesday, and Nottingham Forest, and was West Ham United's top scorer in the Premier League during his 10 years with the club. He left West Ham United in the summer of 2024 to join Al-Sailiya in Qatar, and after 4 appearances, joined Watford on a free transfer earlier this month.

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