NICKLAS BENDTNER has had his £280,000 Porsche seized – after losing an appeal against driving offence convictions.
The former Arsenal man was also fined £4,700 for speeding and driving without a valid licence.
Bendtner, 35, appealed after Copenhagen’s city court impounded his Porsche Taycan Turbo S in October 2021.
But Denmark’s Eastern High Court upheld the verdict on Thursday morning, forcing the now-retired striker to wave goodbye to his luxury car.
Bendtner’s lawyer Anja Velbaek Mouridsen had told the court: “It is disproportionate to confiscate a car worth 2.4million krone [£280k] given the nature of the crime.”
The Copenhagen-born striker had claimed during the 2021 trial that his valid UK licence entitled him to drive in Denmark.
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However, prosecutors argued that Bendtner needed to regain his Danish licence after being disqualified in 2013.
It is understood he does now have a licence again having reportedly turned up to last week’s hearing driving a ‘more modest’ Volvo.
The judgement is the latest legal blow for the former Denmark international, who has a history of court appearances in his home city.
He landed a 50-day jail term in 2018 for assaulting a taxi driver, although was allowed to serve the time on licence with an electronic tag.
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Bendtner also received a three-year motoring ban and fine for drink-driving in 2013.
The forward spent nine seasons with Arsenal, scoring 45 goals in 171 games.
He also played for Birmingham City, Sunderland, Nottingham Forest, Juventus, Wolfsburg, Rosenborg and Copenhagen.
Bendtner announced his playing retirement in June 2021, having last appeared for fourth-tier Danish club Tarnby FF a year before.
Away from football, he dated Danish beauty Philine Roepstorff for four years.
However, the model confirmed their split in May 2021 – and revealed she was talking to Spider-Man star Tom Holland.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
