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Liverpool keeper fined for phone use on motorway

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Liverpool goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili has been fined £440 after being caught using his mobile phone while driving on the M6 motorway. The Georgian international was spotted holding his device near the steering wheel of his Audi on January 27. The 25-year-old, who signed for Liverpool in 2025, failed to move into lane one when it was clear, drawing police attention to his distracted driving.

At Warrington Combined Court, Mamardashvili received six penalty points on his license and ordered to pay £120 costs plus a £176 victim surcharge. The court heard how police stopped the vehicle on the hard shoulder after observing the driver watching something on his phone screen at motorway speed. Bodyworn video footage captured the incident, with Mamardashvili providing a Georgian driving license as identification.

The keeper, filling in for injured first-choice Alisson, has made 20 appearances this season, recording three clean sheets. Mamardashvili did not respond to the police prosecution notice, resulting in his case being dealt with in a private hearing of the Single Justice Procedure. The conviction stands on the strength of written police evidence alone, with no plea entered in