Champion jockey Oisín Murphy has been fined £70,000 and banned from driving for 20 months after admitting to drink driving following a car crash earlier this year.

Murphy, a four-time British champion jockey, appeared at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, where he pleaded guilty to driving while over the legal alcohol limit. He was not required to enter a plea on a separate charge of failing to cooperate with a roadside breath test.