Newcastle United director confronted by road vigilante Cycling Mikey
Moment Newcastle United director Mehrdad Ghodoussi is confronted by road vigilante Cycling Mikey near his Mayfair home – as he’s banned from driving for six months
- Mehrdad Ghodoussi was issued a road ban in March ‘due to repeat offending’
The millionaire director of Newcastle United has been banned from driving for six months after he was confronted by road safety vigilante ‘Cycling Mikey’.
Mike van Erp, also known as ‘Cycling Mikey’, confronted Mehrdad Ghodoussi, 50, while he was driving near his home in Mayfair, west London in August last year.
The cyclist, who recorded their interaction, is seen tapping on the driver’s side window of Ghodoussi’s £50,000 vehicle as the millionaire appears to be talking on his mobile phone.
‘Six points,’ Mr Van Erp said before Ghodoussi continued to drive down the road and the cyclist lost him in traffic.
Ghodoussi was issued a road ban in March this year in connection to the incident, The Evening Standard reported. He was also ordered to pay more than £1,000 in fines and costs.
Mike van Erp, also known as ‘Cycling Mikey’, confronted Mehrdad Ghodoussi, 50, while he was driving near his home in Mayfair, west London in August last year. The cyclist, who recorded their interaction, is seen tapping on the driver’s side window of Ghodoussi’s £50,000 vehicle as the millionaire appears to be talking on his mobile phone
‘Six points,’ Mr Van Erp said before Ghodoussi continued to drive down the road and the cyclist lost him in traffic. Ghodoussi was issued a road ban in March this year in connection to the incident
Mike Van Erp (pictured in file photo) was heard in the clip saying ‘he’s holding a phone’ and ‘he’s still talking’ as he tailed the director’s 66-reg Land Rover on August 10 last year
In the video Mr Van Erp is seen following Ghodoussi as he drives along the road.
The cyclist is heard saying ‘he’s holding a phone’ and ‘he’s still talking’ as he tails the Newcastle United director’s 66-reg Land Rover on August 10 last year.
Ghodoussi was disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for six months earlier this year ‘due to repeat offending’, according to the newspaper.
He also admitted at Bromley Magistrates’ Court that he failed to give the Met Police required information relating to the identification of the driver involved in the incident last August.
Magistrates fined him £660 on March 7 this year. He was also hit with a victim surcharge of £264 and £100 in costs.
Ghodoussi, was not present when the matter was addressed in court, but ordered to pay the sum by April 25. He is also likely to have now served his road ban.
The football director and his wife Amadna Staveley led the highly criticised £305million takeover of Newcastle United in 2021, which was primarily funded by the Saudi Arabian government’s sovereign wealth fund PIF.
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