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Tue 23 Oct 2007 18:40
Khan cleared of dangerous driving - henry k
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7058736.stm

..Jurors heard his high-performance BMW 6 series car.....
....the boxer did not accept his car was a high performance vehicle capable of rapid acceleration.
He said it reached 0-60 in 7.2 seconds which was "just like an average car".

Mr Khan, who denies dangerous driving, reached a top speed of 47mph as his BMW hit Mr Hatton, breaking his leg.

Perhaps I do not understand what a high performance car is.
The BMW site states:- base model 530i 6.2 secs and the 650i 5.2 secs for 0-62.
Perhaps he had an old base model ?


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Tue 23 Oct 2007 20:15
Khan cleared of dangerous driving - drbe
Doesn't Mr Khan have some previous?
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Wed 24 Oct 2007 01:12
Khan cleared of dangerous driving - henry k
Doesn't Mr Khan have some previous?

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No mention of it but
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7058736.stm

"Khan banned for careless driving "
"At Bolton Crown Court Khan was cleared of dangerous driving, but found guilty of careless driving. He was given a six-month driving ban and fined £1,000."

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Wed 24 Oct 2007 11:07
Khan cleared of dangerous driving - DP
He was given a six-month driving ban and fined £1 000.


A complete irrelevance for someone of his status and income. He can afford to employ a driver, and let's face it what's a grand to someone reported to earn several million pounds through a single sponsorship deal with a major sportswear brand?


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Wed 24 Oct 2007 01:48
Khan cleared of dangerous driving - Citroënian {P}
>>previous

I think you may be confusing your boxers - "Prince" Naseem Hamed was the chap convicted and sent down a while back for a diving related offence.

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/476416...m
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Wed 24 Oct 2007 01:52
Khan cleared of dangerous driving - MichaelR
I assume it was a 630i Automatic with the M54 Straight Six. This engine in an Automatic E39 5 Series is 0-60 in 7.1 seconds. I cannot see a 6 Series being any quicker.
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Wed 24 Oct 2007 10:19
Khan cleared of dangerous driving - AM
He has a BMW M6 convertible


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Wed 24 Oct 2007 10:21
Khan cleared of dangerous driving - OldSock
convicted and sent down a while back for a diving related offence.


An attack of the bends? Took a dive in the 4th? You must be getting your boxers in a twist :-)

Edited by OldSock on 24/10/2007 at 10:26

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Wed 24 Oct 2007 12:48
Khan cleared of dangerous driving - Citroënian {P}
>>diving offence

You can give a man an edit button, but you can't make him check his posts.
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Wed 24 Oct 2007 16:08
Khan cleared of dangerous driving - horatio
There is no edit button.
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Wed 24 Oct 2007 19:44
Khan cleared of dangerous driving - Dynamic Dave
There is no edit button.


There is, but it's only operational for 5 mins, or until someone has replied to your post. Which ever comes soonest.

DD.
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Wed 24 Oct 2007 20:19
Khan cleared of dangerous driving - horatio
Oh, I was just about to say I never see it and ask where it is. I just noticed it discretely placed on the bottom in light grey text. I see it now thanks.
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Wed 24 Oct 2007 15:17
Khan cleared of dangerous driving - drbe
I think you may be confusing your boxers >>


You are absolutely right. My apologies.
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Wed 24 Oct 2007 11:09
Khan cleared of dangerous driving - ianhadden
"0-60 in 7.2sec-average car", yes. My '98 Almera does 0-60 in 8.2!
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Wed 24 Oct 2007 15:37
Khan cleared of dangerous driving - Altea Ego
I bet you my pension you cant get your 98 almera to do 0-60 in 8.2.

Unless it being towed by something else.
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Wed 24 Oct 2007 15:51
Khan cleared of dangerous driving - Falkirk Bairn
Alledgedly cChanging his name by Deed Poll


Amir Kant (driving ban!)



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Wed 24 Oct 2007 15:58
Khan cleared of dangerous driving - Shaz {p}
See plausible if it was the GT.
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Mon 7 Jan 2008 17:15
Khan again - henry k
>>Khan cleared of dangerous driving - but this time not cleared of speeding.
Now he has got previous.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7174957.stm

There seems a wide variation of the speed reported and the speed admitted :- (

"Khan's suspension will run concurrently with the six-month ban he received last October"

So £1K + £790 + £brief + no more time off the road = a good result?
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Mon 7 Jan 2008 17:34
Khan again - FotheringtonThomas
So £1K + £790 + £brief + no more time off the road = a good result?


"District Judge Pamela Baldwin said there was insufficient evidence to prove Khan was driving at more than 100mph, but that she was satisfied it was in excess of 70mph."

Seems appropriate in given the evidence.
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Mon 7 Jan 2008 17:35
Khan again - rtj70
If he was doing the speed he said, around 75mph (indicated) he'd not have been stopped.

At least it was a higher fine and longer ban than the 10mph woman! But how many points did he get for it?? Surely he should have got a longer ban for this.
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Mon 7 Jan 2008 17:43
Khan again - freakybacon
Famous person caught bang to rights.... should the judge not have made an example of him?
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Tue 8 Jan 2008 01:07
Khan again - Citroënian {P}
13 months to come to court, playing the system to its limits.

Once met Khan at Leeming Bar McDonalds (of all places) and he seemed a decent kid but surrounded by pink fluffy dice.

A lot of the money he will make is based on reputation; looks like he's taking that apart bit by bit, a shame really he should have a look down the road to Hamed and see where he could end up.





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