Leon McKenzie jailed for sending fake letters to the police in attempt to avoid driving ban Leon McKenzie, who played for Norwich City in the Premier League in the 2004-05 season, sent letters claiming to be from a fictional garage which said his car was off the road. The 33-year-old McKenzie was sentenced at a court in Northampton on Tuesday after pleading guilty to six charges of perverting the course of justice between February 2008 and December 2009. McKenzie released a statement on Twitter, saying that the incident took place when he was "not in a good place and couldn't always make sense of what was going on." My behaviour towards certain things like these speeding offences was totally unacceptable. My mindset at the time was confused and not like it is now. These offences happened two years ago... I broke the law six times in that two-year period which I am now very aware of. I am truly sorry for these offences that I committed. I was not representing the real me back then and realise how stupid I have been. McKenzie also said that the offences occured during a time in which he "fell deep into depression, which led me to try and take my life." The former striker played also for Crystal Palace, Peterborough United and Coventry City in a career which began in 1995. He retired from football in December after a spell at Kettering Town.