{"id":120395,"date":"2026-09-09T01:02:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T01:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/120395\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T01:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T01:02:20","slug":"south-london-council-withdraws-proceedings-against-crystal-palace-striker-eddie-nketiah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/120395\/","title":{"rendered":"South London council withdraws proceedings against Crystal Palace striker Eddie Nketiah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eddie Nketiah, who lives in Bromley, did not attend the brief hearing<\/p>\n<p>Clara Margotin, Press Association<\/p>\n<p>16:41, 08 Sep 2026Updated 16:47, 08 Sep 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Eddie Nketiah of Crystal Palace before the Premier League 2026\/27 match between Fulham and Crystal Palace FC at Craven Cottage on September 5\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2_Eddie-Nketiah.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"The court said the case was withdrawn because Nketiah 'complied with the requirements' despite being accused of a building regulations failure\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The court said the case was withdrawn because Nketiah &#8216;complied with the requirements&#8217; despite being accused of a building regulations failure(Image: Pedro Porru\/MB Media\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A South London council has withdrawn proceedings against <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mylondon.news\/all-about\/crystal-palace-fc\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Crystal Palace<\/a> striker Eddie Nketiah who was accused of a building regulations failure, a court has heard. The 27-year-old forward, who set up Tyrick Mitchell&#8217;s first goal in Palace&#8217;s 3-2 victory over Fulham at the weekend, was charged in a <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mylondon.news\/all-about\/bromley-council\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Bromley Council<\/a> prosecution with failing to execute works within the time provided in a local authority notice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">It related to alleged actions between February and August 2025, after he was issued with a notice under section 99 of the Building Act 1984 to \u201cexecute works\u201d. According to court documents, he had pleaded not guilty to the charge on October 21 last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Sandra Torma, prosecuting, told Bromley Magistrates\u2019 Court on Tuesday afternoon: \u201cIt\u2019s just an application to withdraw the case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Magistrate Timothy Nathan asked Ms Torma: \u201cIs there anything to be said? Or are you just withdrawing it?\u201d The prosecutor said: \u201cNo. Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The court said the case was withdrawn because Nketiah \u201ccomplied with the requirements\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Nketiah, of <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mylondon.news\/all-about\/bromley\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Bromley<\/a>, did not attend the brief hearing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Since joining Crystal Palace from Arsenal in 2024, the striker has made 54 appearances and scored nine goals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Nketiah played once for the England team, at a friendly against Australia in late 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Bromley Council have been approached for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Don&#8217;t miss out on the biggest local stories. <a aria-label=\"Sign up to our MySouthLondon newsletter HERE for all the latest daily news and moreLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/data.reachplc.com\/223274281922354\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to our MySouthLondon newsletter HERE for all the latest daily news and more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eddie Nketiah, who lives in Bromley, did not attend the brief hearing Clara Margotin, Press Association 16:41, 08&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[26],"tags":[4204,33622,141,48915,27],"class_list":["post-120395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-bromley","tag-bromley-council","tag-courts","tag-crystal-palace-fc","tag-london"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/117238388891431155","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}