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An ex-Premier League footballer who caused a pile-up while eating ice cream at the wheel has been jailed for 18 months for dangerous driving.An ex-Premier League footballer who caused a pile-up while eating ice cream at the wheel has been jailed for 18 months for dangerous driving.
Former Watford and Wigan striker Marlon King was driving a Porsche on the A46 near Newark in Nottinghamshire when the crash happened in April last year.Former Watford and Wigan striker Marlon King was driving a Porsche on the A46 near Newark in Nottinghamshire when the crash happened in April last year.
The three-car smash left a 35-year-old man with a fractured elbow. The three-car smash left a man needing three weeks of hospital treatment.
King, 34, who was a Birmingham City player at the time of the crash, was also jailed in 2009 for sexual assault. King, 34, a Birmingham City player at the time, was also jailed in 2009 for sexual assault.
'Aggressive and arrogant''Aggressive and arrogant'
The footballer, of Torksey, Lincolnshire, served 18 months for groping a woman and then breaking her nose in a London club.The footballer, of Torksey, Lincolnshire, served 18 months for groping a woman and then breaking her nose in a London club.
Sentencing King at Nottingham Crown Court, Recorder Paul Mann QC said: "I do not regard your case as merely impulsive or silly behaviour. It was aggressive. It was arrogant." In the latest case, King initially denied the charge but admitted dangerous driving shortly before a trial was due to start at Nottingham Crown Court in March.
King was seen weaving in and out of traffic on the dual carriageway before he undertook Martin Beck's VW Polo who he considered was driving too slowly. Sentencing King at the court, Recorder Paul Mann QC said: "I do not regard your case as merely impulsive or silly behaviour. It was aggressive. It was arrogant."
The footballer then slammed his brakes on in frustration, forcing Mr Beck to perform an emergency stop. King was seen weaving in and out of traffic on the dual carriageway before he undertook Martin Beck's VW Polo who he considered was driving too slowly, the court heard.
A third car crashed into the back of the Polo, forcing it into the back of King's Porsche. The former footballer, who was eating an ice cream bought from McDonald's moments earlier, then slammed his brakes on in frustration, forcing Mr Beck to perform an emergency stop.
A third car crashed into the back of the Polo, pushing it into the back of King's Porsche.
The footballer drove off, only for a witness to flag him down, thinking Mr Beck had been killed.The footballer drove off, only for a witness to flag him down, thinking Mr Beck had been killed.
When he returned to the scene of the crash he started to accuse Mr Beck, who had to be cut free and flown to hospital, of causing the collision. 'Genuinely remorseful'
The Jamaican international has a number of other previous convictions, including for dishonesty, drinking and driving and other motoring offences, including a prison sentence for handling a stolen car, while playing for Gillingham in 2002. When he returned he blamed Mr Beck, who had to be cut free and flown to hospital, for causing the collision.
Mr Beck spent three weeks in hospital and required surgery for a fractured and dislocated forearm. A third driver was also taken to hospital for cuts and bruises.
Charles Langley, defending, said King admitted he had been "frustrated" with Mr Beck's driving.
"It was dangerous. He should never have done it and he accepts that and he is genuinely remorseful," Mr Langley added.
King was released by League One side Sheffield United in December. He has now retired and had planned to move to Zambia with his wife and family, the court heard.
The Jamaican international has a number of other convictions, including dishonesty, drinking and driving and other motoring offences, including a prison term for handling a stolen car, while playing for Gillingham in 2002.
King, whose previous clubs include Sheffield United, Nottingham Forest, Coventry City, Hull City, Leeds United and Middlesbrough, pleaded guilty to a charge of dangerous driving at an earlier hearing at Nottingham Crown Court.King, whose previous clubs include Sheffield United, Nottingham Forest, Coventry City, Hull City, Leeds United and Middlesbrough, pleaded guilty to a charge of dangerous driving at an earlier hearing at Nottingham Crown Court.
The judge also handed King a three-year driving ban.The judge also handed King a three-year driving ban.