Town manager Paul Jewell says he hopes right-back Carlos Edwards will learn from his mistake, take his punishment and move on having been handed a suspended prison sentence for various driving offences on Thursday. The 32-year-old, whose premature twins are being cared for in Addenbrooke’s Hospital, is set to keep his place in the Town side at Cardiff this afternoon.

Jewell said: “He’s had a bit of a strange week, his wife gave birth to twins prematurely. Obviously, we wish them well. They were very small when they were born but everything is OK, as far as I’m aware.

“Then he had the court case. He knows he’s been a silly boy. He’s been punished by the courts and punished by us, we fined him two weeks’ wages, the maximum we could. Hopefully, he’ll learn from the mistake and we move on.

“He’s been dealt with like everybody else and it will be a relief to him that he hasn’t gone to jail. He’s been given his punishment, he’s got to take it on the chin and move forward.”

The Blues boss has no concerns about the Trinidad and Tobago international’s mental state going into today’s game, although he says he was a little low earlier in the week: “I spoke to him on Wednesday and he had a bit of gaunt look about him. He’s normally a very bubbly character, a very relaxed, easy-going lad.

“He looked a little bit tense on Wednesday, which you would expect. It would have been a horrible day for him waiting for the sentencing.

“He’s got his sentence, now I expect him to show remorse, but move forward and put it behind him and just get back to playing football.

“I asked him before the Brighton game how he was mentally and he was fine and I think he’ll be absolutely fine [at Cardiff].”

Jewell says the former Sunderland, Luton and Wrexham man will definitely be making alternative travel arrangements from now on: “He knows he can’t behind the wheel of a car, so he’ll have to get a chauffeur or a driver or get the bus. Luckily he doesn’t live too far from the training ground.”

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das_bones added 08:16 - Oct 15 I live in Kesgrave an can give him a lift, for a price!!
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TractorRoyNo1 added 08:33 - Oct 15 a 'mistake' is putting on odd socks, this was blatant law breaking
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Dissboyitfc added 09:24 - Oct 15 Tractor roy, move on now,Carlos has been an idiot, he made a really crap judgement and broke the law, everybody has broken the law at some point, havent you? COYB
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irishtim added 10:56 - Oct 15 yes lets move on now & hope he plays well today time to draw a line under it
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bobble added 11:51 - Oct 15 laws are just daft why bother with them ?imagine how broke we would all be if we paid all our taxes and abided by the laws .
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corshamblue added 13:28 - Oct 15 He certainly didn't learn from the first mistake, i.e. the initial ban. Stupid idiot, could have killed someone !! Suspended Sentence cr@p, should have hung him out to dry as an example to the kids that look up to him as a professional footballer. Rant over.
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tractorboybig added 13:50 - Oct 15 Get a bike, will help him keep fitter two.
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s6blue added 20:37 - Oct 16 all the best to the family carlos
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