Ant Speeding..
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mdh

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287 months

Friday 1st November 2002
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Sorry if anyone has posted this already !!!
www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2002502204,00.html

TV favourite Ant McPartlin has been banned from driving for doing an amazing 127mph.



The Geordie — one half of Ant and Dec — was pulled over in his flash Audi TT by an unmarked police car.

The star was clocked on a 70mph stretch of the A1(M) near Bowburn, Co Durham, as he went to visit relatives. Ant, 27, pleaded guilty at a court hearing in Chester-le-Street.

He was banned for 30 days and fined £350.

dennisthemenace

15,605 posts

291 months

Friday 1st November 2002
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so he will be riding his byker for a day or two


(sorry that was a crap joke)

Dazren

22,612 posts

284 months

Friday 1st November 2002
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Didn't know audi had bought out a "flash" range. Must be solely for celebrity owners, rather than us plebs.

DAZ

(Any mention of mitigation excuses? He did get off rather lightly)

mdh

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808 posts

287 months

Friday 1st November 2002
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No mitigating circumstances..

"A police spokesman said last night: “He was shifting. Even though it was at 8.30 on a summer evening, it was folly — and very dangerous."


Im all for reasonable treatment of speeders but its got to be fair. It doesn't sound like the sort of fine 'Joe public would get'.

At least he got done I suppose - prince Andrew never does.

Mon Ami Mate

6,589 posts

291 months

Friday 1st November 2002
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I think the real question is why the discrepancy between his sentence and the "biker" mentioned at the end of the story.