Man Utd legend Paul Scholes handed ban after he is taken to court docket twice in two days
Paul Scholes has been slapped with a driving ban after the Manchester United icon taken to court twice in as many days after speeding offences
Paul Scholes has been slapped with a driving ban(Image: Conor Molloy/ProSports/Shutterstock)
Manchester United legend Paul Scholes has been handed a driving ban after he was taken to court twice in as many days last week.
Scholes, 51, was caught speeding in a Range Rover while driving through Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, in March when he was clocked at 37mph in a residential area. In November, a Mercedes registered in Scholes’ name was caught going 49mph in a 30mph zone on Mossley Road.
He was then prosecuted for failing to respond to two police letters asking for confirmation that he had been the speeding driver. The two cases were heard last week on consecutive days.
Paul Scholes was taken to court on consecutive days(Image: Getty Images)
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Scholes was handed a six-month driving ban and ordered to pay fines, costs, and court fees totalling £1,472.
A court official said Scholes, who was prosecuted in private hearings under the Single Justice Procedure, did not enter pleas to either of the charges he faced and was convicted in his absence.
Court documents, which had been seen by PA, show Scholes’s Range Rover was caught speeding at just after 11.30pm on March 3 on the A649 Halifax Road near Cleckheaton.
Police said the former footballer replied to a notice of intended prosecution, confirming he had been the driver.
However, the court papers noted that Scholes could not be offered the chance of an out-of-court settlement with a speed awareness course as he is a ‘totter’.
A ‘totter’ already has penalty points on his licence and is now in line for an automatic ban. Scholes also failed to reply ti letters from the November incident.
On August 12 at Bradford Magistrates’ Court, he was handed a six-month driving ban for the speeding offence. He was also handed a £220 fine, £120 costs, and an £88 victim surcharge.
The following day, at Manchester Magistrates’ Court, Scholes was sentenced to a £660 fine, with six penalty points for his licence, £120 costs, and a £264 victim surcharge.
