It's official.

After evading appearing in Towcester court 8 times on speeding charges, Ade finally managed to turn up today. But not before giving waiting photographers a really mature "finger". Very good Ade, what a great role model you are to kids. Grow up.

Akinbiyi was spotted travelling at 103 mph last April. When pulled over he said it was an emergency, but when asked what the emergency was he replied: “I’ll leave it for now.”

Magistrates had grown increasingly fed up with Akinbiyi after he failed to turn up for a string of hearings. The bench at Towcester had insisted the former Wolves and Bristol City star appear as they considered a possible 54-day disqualification.

Previous excuses included a letter not having the correct stamp on it and being called up to train with the Nigerian national squad.

His solicitors then went on to argue that

"“He is the only breadwinner in his family and a ban would severely interfere with his career. He is currently living in Hertfordshire and there is no viable public transport to the training ground. The club is unwilling to pay for a chauffeur to drive him.

“He is also heavily involved with charity work throughout the summer and relies on his car to help him with that.”

It gets better. Managing to blag his way out of a ban, he was fined a measley £500. But the star "striker" who is on £10,000 a week apparently at Palace, then asked for a month to pay it!

Asked at one point in the court whether or not the court case had affected Ade's performance on the pitch, his solicitor took a swipe at City fans by saying, no, his performances had been affected by 20,000 fans getting on his back every week.

Watch out for Ade coming to a charity raising function near you this summer...

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