Model caught illegally driving £80k Porsche after Olympian boyfriend fell ill at wheel

A MODEL was caught illegally driving her Olympian boyfriend's £80,000 Porsche connected the motorway - but has escaped a ban.

Serena Stregapede, 37, claimed she had to swap seats with Anthony Fowler, 33, abruptly fell sick arsenic they drove connected the M56 to Birmingham.

Police recovered the mum-of-three was not insured to thrust the Taycan Sport Turismo.

Stregapede faced disqualification arsenic she already had six points connected her licence for utilizing a telephone portion driving.

But she was spared a driving prohibition aft the exemplary explained she needed to instrumentality her children to aggregate infirmary appointments.

Her two-year-old girl has bony cancer, portion her autistic son, three, besides requires regular trips to hospital.

Chester Magistrates' Court was told Stregapede and erstwhile Olympic boxer Fowler were driving to a league erstwhile they had to swap places connected the hard shoulder.

Police were carrying retired regular checks connected passing cars erstwhile they noticed the erstwhile quality queen was not insured to thrust the Porsche.

Olivia Randell, prosecuting said: ''She was not capable to supply immoderate further details arsenic to wherefore she was not insured and the serviceman reported her for driving without insurance.

"A driving licence cheque showed she already had six points.''

But Gary Lawrenson, defending, told the tribunal the incidental was a "genuine mistake".

He explained that Commonwealth Games golden medallist Fowler was fasting astatine the clip - causing him to go unwell.

The lawyer added: "Frankly she was frightened. I bash not cognize if you person ever pulled implicit connected the hard shoulder, it is simply a frightening experience. She drove with the volition of driving to the next services.

"She was nether the content that she was insured. It was a lawsuit of each thought that the different had sorted retired the security erstwhile neither had. She was not driving willy nilly without the close documentation.

"It was conscionable an bonzer acceptable of circumstances that led to her driving for that abbreviated magnitude of time."

In her ain evidence, Stregapade said she had nary household who tin assistance look aft the children for her.

She besides claimed she would suffer her occupation interviewing celebs arsenic societal media manager for Fowler's health and wellbeing institution if she was banned from driving.

The exemplary added: "I americium the look of the institution and whilst determination are a batch of different faces determination I americium the 1 who interviews.

"I person to beryllium sat adjacent to them and we get photos. If I could not spell to these places, I would much than apt suffer my job."

Stregapade was fined £724, and ordered to wage £910 successful costs and a unfortunate surcharge.

JP Charles Platt said helium was prepared to spare the mum was a disqualification owed to her "exceptional hardship".

But helium warned Stregapade she would not beryllium capable to usage the aforesaid excuse again if she landed herself backmost successful court.

The JP added: "You person to thrust connected eggshells. You request that firmly successful your mind. You volition beryllium successful a sticky concern if you get much points."