FOOTBALL star Shola Ameobi's mother caused a crash after driving her car without passing a test.
Margaret Ameobi, 53, was driving alone on a provisional licence, so was uninsured, when she was involved in the accident.
Ameobi, whose son is a promising striker for Newcastle United, was fined £425 after apologising to magistrates in Newcastle.
Police officers in a patrol car saw her driving a Vauxhall Corsa across a junction at Fenham Hall Drive, Fenham, Newcastle, towards her home in nearby Moorside North, on January 23.
Magistrates were told she overshot the junction and was involved in a minor collision.
Ameobi, a nurse at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital, and the driver of the other car were left shaken but not injured by the collision.
Ameobi pleaded guilty to careless driving, driving without a licence and driving with no insurance.
As well as the fine, she was given eight penalty points on her licence.
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