Raheem Sterling pleads guilty to dangerous driving after M3 Lamborghini crash

Raheem Sterling has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving after crashing his Lamborghini in Hampshire.

The 31-year-old former England footballer entered the plea at Basingstoke magistrates' court on Tuesday 15 September, The Guardian reported. The charge centred on his driving of a Lamborghini Urus on the M25, the M3 and the A327 before a crash on 28 May.

Sterling, described as a former Chelsea and Liverpool winger by The Telegraph, plays as a wide attacker. For casual followers, that is the player who starts near the touchline and tries to beat defenders to create goals. He knows English motorways well. The M25 circles London. The M3 runs south-west towards Southampton.

The court also dealt with two further admissions. Sterling pleaded guilty to possession of six nitrous oxide canisters for wrongful inhalation. Nitrous oxide, sometimes called laughing gas, is a substance that is illegal to inhale for a high in Britain.

He also pleaded guilty to failing to provide a specimen. That means refusing or being unable to give a breath, blood or urine sample when police ask for one after suspected driving offences.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said the case followed a single-vehicle collision on the M3 southbound near the Minley interchange on 28 May. The force said no other vehicles were involved. No injuries were reported.

Police said the Lamborghini hit barriers on the motorway in Hampshire. No one else was hurt. The road was left with damage to the barriers alone.

For fans, this means a sharp change of setting. Sterling made his name in packed stadiums. This time the decisive moment came in a quiet courtroom.

The guilty pleas settle the question of responsibility. The court will now decide the penalty. Dangerous driving can bring a driving ban and a prison sentence in the most serious cases heard in Britain.