Shane Warne: Australian cricket legend banned from driving for sixth speeding offence
Written by News on 23/09/2019
Former Australian cricket captain Shane Warne has been given a 12-month driving ban for speeding.
He admitted breaking a 40mph limit in a hired Jaguar in Kensington, London in August last year.
The 50-year-old, who was not at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court for the hearing, was caught travelling on a slip road at 47mph at 6.29am.
Warne already had 15 penalty points on his licence for five other speeding offences.
He was also ordered to pay £775 in costs, a £900 fine and a £170 surcharge.
Deputy district judge Adrian Turner said: “The purpose of disqualification is to punish and to protect the public and to deter.
“There are 15 points to take into account together with the three I must impose today.
“Between April 2016 and August last year Warne committed six speeding offences.
“It may well be that none on its own were particularly serious but for points disqualification purposes the triviality of the offences is not to be taken into account.
“A period of 12 months is necessary for the purposes I have mentioned.”
Former spin bowler Warne is widely regarded as one of the best cricketers of all time.
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