New Chelsea manager Liam Rosenior has been convicted of speeding after failing to attend a speed awareness course due to fog delaying his flight back to the UK. The 41-year-old, who replaced Enzo Maresca as head coach at Stamford Bridge, was prosecuted by Derbyshire Police for an incident last July.
Rosenior's Audi A8 Quattro was caught by a speed camera travelling at 36mph in a 30mph zone on Rykneld Road, Littleover, Derbyshire, at 11.41am on July 7. He admitted being the driver and was offered a speed awareness course to avoid prosecution, but did not attend.
In a note to Derby Magistrates' Court, Rosenior explained: 'Unfortunately during the time when the drivers awareness course was booked we were stuck in France due to fog after the game with my work, as it was deemed unsafe to fly back home.' He added that he 'had to stay another night and be on a plane the next day during the time of the course'.
Rosenior was convicted at a single justice procedure hearing on January 2. Magistrate Paul Moslin imposed three penalty points on his licence and ordered him to pay a £666 fine, £120 costs, and a £266 victim surcharge, totalling £1,052.
Rosenior was unveiled as Chelsea head coach on Tuesday on a deal lasting until 2032, following Maresca's sacking on New Year's Day. He previously guided French club Strasbourg to a seventh-placed finish in Ligue 1 last season.
