Steve Coogan spared lengthy driving ban after pleading need to film The Trip

Potential six-point penalty for speeding at 97mph reduced to five points after actor wrote to magistrates courtThe actor and comedian Steve Coogan has avoided a six-month driving ban after being caught speeding at 97mph, arguing it would prevent him from filming a new series of his TV show The Trip.Coogan, 59, was captured travelling over the 70mph speed limit in a Range Rover on the M6 near Telford in Shropshire on 29 July last year. Continue reading...

Steve Coogan spared lengthy driving ban after pleading need to film The Trip

Potential six-point penalty for speeding at 97mph reduced to five points after actor wrote to magistrates court

The actor and comedian Steve Coogan has avoided a six-month driving ban after being caught speeding at 97mph, arguing it would prevent him from filming a new series of his TV show The Trip.

Coogan, 59, was captured travelling over the 70mph speed limit in a Range Rover on the M6 near Telford in Shropshire on 29 July last year. Continue reading...