Mario Lemina, who was this week given a 'UK record speeding fine' of £96,000 has now had it reduced to just £2,000 - because the court made a mistake.
On Monday, Southampton midfielder Lemina was handed 18 points after his rare £50,000 Mercedes was caught breaking the speed limit three times.
Lemina, who already had 21 points on his licence, was also ordered to pay an astonishing £96,425 - the biggest fine ever given for a motoring offence in the UK.
Southampton star Mario Lemina has had his £96,000 speeding fine reduced to just £2,000
The court which fined the midfielder the huge sum of money has dramatically backtracked
However, the court which fined him the huge sum has dramatically backtracked after its error and now reduced it by a huge £94,124.
Lemina, 25, admitted three counts of failing to identify the driver of a car after it was heard his brother and cousin were visiting and could have been behind the wheel of his 370bhp Mercedes-AMG 4matic yellow night edition.
Three charges of speeding - driving at 95mph on a dual carriageway and twice driving at 60mph in a temporary 40mph speed limit - were dropped.
Now, days after he was fined at Aldershot Magistrates' Court, Hants, it has emerged he was sentenced under the guidelines for the wrong charge.
It's understood he was fined as per the the guidelines for speeding offences rather than the guidelines for failing to identify the driver of a car, for which there is a defined limit.
Since April 2017, those caught driving at excessive speeds can be fined up to 150 per cent of their weekly income.
The Mercedes-AMG 4matic yellow night edition, worth £50,000, as owned by Lemina
The Gabonese footballer must now pay only £2,301 - just seven per cent of his £32,272 weekly wage.
The court's blunder also means his claim to hold the record for the UK's biggest motoring fine is no longer valid and falls back to TV presenter Ant McPartlin, who was was fined £86,000 for drink driving in April.
Aldershot Magistrates Court heard the former Juventus player, who cost Southampton a record £18.1m last year, had family visiting throughout the time of the offences and could not be sure who was driving.
Lemina failed to respond to letters sent to him by Hampshire Constabulary asking him to identify the driver of his £50,000 Mercedes.
The footballer, who lives in the village of Ashley Heath, near Ringwood, Dorset, did not appear in court himself, instead relying on his lawyer, Cliff Morris, to enter his pleas.
Lemina pictured with his girlfriend Fanny Neguesha and their newborn son, Isaiah-King
Lemina has previously posted Instagram Stories posts recording himself at the wheel
Lemina poses for a selfie while in a car in an image posted on his Instagram account
Mr Morris said: 'He didn't realise the importance of the forms.
'English is not his first language, and his English is not particularly good.
'He is not sure if his brother or his cousin was driving the vehicle at the time and the photographs don't assist with this.
'He thought it best to plead guilty to failing to provide identification.
'He accepts he should have filed the paperwork.
'The football club only discovered he had paperwork when he attended his office to assist with other matters - his wife has just had a baby in the last 10 days.
'There's a degree of disorganisation. He knows what this will automatically mean for him.'
The court heard the 25-year-old already had 21 points on his non-UK driving license.
The Gabonese star must now pay just seven per cent of his £32,272 weekly wage
He was handed a further 18 points on his licence, bringing the total to a staggering 39. Magistrates described this as 'the most we have ever seen'.
Magistrate Carol Bode, fining him £32,000 for each offence, said at the hearing: 'This would have been £48,000 for each offence, but we have taken into account his guilty pleas.
'He will pay a further £85 costs on each case, and a victim surcharge of £170, which makes a £96,425 total to pay.
'For each of those offences to fail to ID is 6 points on the licence - that is 18 points.
'Given he has 21 points already, it comes to 39 points and we will disqualify him from driving for one year.
'39 points - I think that's the most amount of points we have ever seen in court.'
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Main photo article Mario Lemina, who was this week given a ‘UK record speeding fine’ of £96,000 has now had it reduced to just £2,000 – because the court made a mistake.
On Monday, Southampton midfielder Lemina was handed 18 points after his rare £50,000 Mercedes was caught breaking the speed li...
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