THE daughter of a wealthy aristocrat and a Sunderland striker have been fined a total of £300 for speeding past roadworks on the A1(M). Northallerton Magistrates Court heard the fines for speeding on a 12-mile stretch of the road between Barton and Leeming, where a 50mph average speed check zone is being enforced to protect the workforce, would be partly based on defendants' ability to pay. The court was told Connor Wickham, 22, had admitted driving a 4x4 on the same stretch of road at an average speed of 60mph on Christmas Eve, days after featuring in the Tyne-Wear derby. Magistrates were advised as Wickham had not responded to a request for details about his circumstances and had not attended the hearing, it had to be assumed he earned average wages of £400 a week. After hearing Wickham already had penalty points on his licence, magistrate Keith Barker fined him £200 and added a further three penalty points. Magistrate John Bacon said as solicitors for Lady Melissa Percy, whose father the Duke ofNorthumberland owns Alnwick Castle, said she had a monthly allowance of £750, her fine would be limited to £100 and her licence would be endorsed with three penalty points. The court heard the 28-year-old admitted driving an Audi A3 at an average speed of 63mph on the southbound carriageway near Leeming, in North Yorkshire, on December 23. Share article In a letter to the court, solicitors Harley and Co said Lady Percy, an occasional tennis coach, had been disqualified from driving last month, for other offences and urged the court not to endorse her licence with further penalty points for when she regains it. The court was told Lady Percy, of Surrey, drove 20,000 miles a year as the "principle family driver" and the consequences of the incident would hit her and her husband hard. Serves the idiot right. 3 more points on his licence for nowt. Do any footballers have common sense? It wouldn't have even made the press if he'd just got it sorted. I bet footballers get done for speeding all the time.
Watching him play football and in interviews is enough to tell you the kid isn't very bright The money he is on he probably didnt give a **** about £300
I bet his agent wasn't around to help him and he had the forms but couldn't ****ing read them so didn't know which ones to send!
The court was told Lady Percy, of Surrey, drove 20,000 miles a year as the "principle family driver" and the consequences of the incident would hit her and her husband hard This type of plea/request for leniency whatever they think it is really pi**e* me off. Regardless of background they should think about their actions if they don't want to risk their licence. If the solicitors argument is that she does a lot of mileage, then may we assume that she spends a lot of time on the road compromising others safety
Lady Percy, sums up the thick silver spoon brigade in this country to a tee. It's enough to make you put a single loose sheet on, Debenhams finest of course, grab a tea-towel from the tea-towel cupboard, buy a catapult and some ball-bearings and join the IS....Hail Allah, you ****ing greasy ****..
Had Connor Wickham turned up at the court and submitted details of his earnings, they would've fined him thousands - "not very bright" - don;t you believe it - what he did was a very clever way of abusing the system - it had to be assumed he earned an average £400 a week as he did not respond - he would've been advised of this! He can afford the fine regardless but, had he turned up and submitted details (as he would've been asked to do), the fine would have been half a week's wages or more!
Maximum fine he could have got would have been £2,500 from a motorway fine, I assume that's what the A1(M) is. It's only gone to court because he hasn't replied to his fixed penalty notice, if he did accept the fixed penalty notice he would have paid a maximum fine of £100, wages are only taken into consideration once it gets to the courts. He's only gone to court because he's too ****ing lazy to respond to his letter or open it. Some dumb ****s are indefensible.
TBH, you can't blame the lad ......... I've been late for a hairdressing appointment and they really rip into you
V-Joe is a real posh bugger! He only knows about his tea towel cupboard coz his butler told him about it.
