00s pop star ‘hit with driving ban’ after four speeding offences in three years

Pop Idol prima Gareth Gates has been slapped with a driving prohibition aft clocking up a bid of speeding offences, according to reports.

The Spirit successful the Sky hitmaker, 40, has reportedly been disqualified for six months, having acquired 4 speeding offences successful 3 years.

His latest is believed to person been doing 62mph successful a 50mph zone, which was caught by velocity cameras connected the M4 successful South Wales adjacent Pentyla Seaway Parade Bridge.

According to The Sun, the vocalist has pleaded blameworthy to the charges, including speeding successful his three-year-old achromatic Range Rover Sport astatine Port Talbot connected April 6.

He initially wanted to combat the driving ban, claiming helium would endure ‘exceptional hardship’.

However, District Judge Charlotte Murphy withdrew his assertion earlier his proceeding connected Thursday.

Gates had been owed to look astatine Cardiff Magistrates Court successful person, but alternatively sent an email asking for the substance to beryllium handled without him.

Judge Murphy said: ‘Mr Gates has 9 points connected his licence for 3 offences of speeding.

‘He volition beryllium disqualified from driving for six months.’

The 2002 world prima runner-up was besides fixed a £230 fine.

But, due to the fact that of his blameworthy plea, this was reduced to £153.

As mentioned, this is not the archetypal clip Gates has been reprimanded for speeding.

In 2017, helium managed to debar losing his licence aft racking up 12 points for 4 speeding offences.

A good was issued aft Gates was pulled implicit adjacent his location successful Bradford for doing 47mph successful a 30mph zone.

Gates’s solicitor, Ashfaq Chowdhury, explained to the tribunal that his client’s vocation sees him driving each implicit the country.

He told magistrates that disqualification would interaction his finances heavily, arsenic helium would nary longer beryllium capable to question to events oregon nonrecreational events.

The seat heard helium was a ‘one-man band, driving himself to engagements with his Range Rover afloat to the brim with equipment, philharmonic instruments, clothes, and outfits’.

Gates was fined £1,280 and ordered to wage a surcharge of £128 and £85 successful prosecution costs.

A further 5 points were added to his license.

Reps for Gareth Gates person been contacted for comment.

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