- Britpop star Richard Ashcroft has been disqualified from driving for six months and ordered to pay nearly £3,000 after being caught speeding.
- Ashcroft, 54, was recorded driving 8mph over the 40mph limit on the M4 in Brentford, west London, on 19 February last year.
- He pleaded guilty to the single count of speeding at Lavender Hill Magistrates’ Court, though he did not attend the hearing.
- The musician already had nine points on his licence from three previous speeding offences, leading to the six-month ban.
- District Judge Daniel Benjamin stated Ashcroft had put other road users at 'risk of harm' and committed the offence 'without any intention of abiding by the speed limit'.
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