FORMER Argyle player Sylvan Ebanks-Blake was given a £70

parking ticket for leaving his car on double-yellow lines when

he dashed into Plymouth Magistrates Court to face a charge of

assault.

The 22-year-old striker, sold by Argyle to Wolverhampton

Wanderers for £1.5 million in January, left his Audi Q7 on a

cobbled no-parking area directly outside the court yesterday

morning.

While Ebanks-Blake was inside the court facing a charge of

assaulting a man outside a Plymouth nightclub and causing him

actual bodily harm last November, a traffic warden was busy

outside writing out a parking ticket.

The footballer, who has already pleaded not guilty to

assaulting Greg Smith outside the Candy Store nightclub on the

night of November 11, was making his second appearance at the

magistrates’ court.

He was expecting his case to be committed to the Crown court

for trial but the prosecution said they were not ready to

proceed and instead proceedings were adjourned until April

24.

Ebanks-Blake, who was bought by Argyle from Manchester United

in July 2006, also faces a public order offence of threatening

or provoking unlawful violence, also on November 11.

A 37-year-old man, believed to be a doorman, suffered a two to

three-inch cut to his head in the alleged incident.

Ebanks-Blake, above, who was arrested on November 11 after

Argyle’s 3-0 Championship victory over Norwich City at Home

Park, was given unconditional bail to return to the

magistrates’ court for committal proceedings on April 24.