Brandon Williams: Ex-Man Utd participant sentenced over high-speed crash

Former Manchester United footballer Brandon Williams has gained a suspended prison sentence for bad using after he reached nearly 100mph (161kmh) ahead of crashing.

Williams, 24, was once noticed using in an erratic way in an Audi A3 at the A34 close to Handforth, Cheshire, on 20 August 2023.

His car then collided with a Ford Fiesta ahead of crashing into the central reservation. Chester Crown Court heard he was once noticed with a balloon at his mouth.

Williams admitted bad using and using with out insurance coverage and was once sentenced to a 14-month prison time period, suspended for 2 years.

Recorder Eric Lamb additionally banned the footballer, who later signed on mortgage at Ipswich Town, from using for 3 years and ordered him to finish 180 hours of unpaid paintings as a part of a neighborhood order.

The full-back, who was once shrunk to Manchester United on the time, was once with a feminine passenger and was once using at as much as 99mph in a 70mph zone.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) mentioned the lady was once noticed filming at one level on her telephone, including that it was once transparent to witnesses that the auto was once out of keep watch over when it collided with the opposite automotive.

There was once in depth injury to Williams’ automotive, injury to the offside at the Ford Fiesta with a wheel lacking, in addition to injury to the central reservation.

Williams was once handled in medical institution for a number of accidents after which taken to Middlewich custody suite.

Williams left Manchester United when his contract expired final June.