Cricket ace Shane Warne is banned from roads for 12 months and fined nearly £2,000 after being caught speeding for the SIXTH time in three years

  • Shane Warne already has 15 points on his licence for five previous offences
  • He was caught going 47mph in a 40mph limit in Kensington last summer
  • District judge says, taken together, the six offences warrant disqualification 

Shane Warne, pictured at Stamford Bridge football stadium yesterday, has been banned from driving after admitting speeding

Shane Warne, pictured at Stamford Bridge football stadium yesterday, has been banned from driving after admitting speeding

Former Australian cricketer Shane Warne has been banned from driving for 12 months after admitting a speeding charge.

The ex-spin bowler admitted breaking a 40mph limit in a hired Jaguar car in Kensington last year, Wimbledon Magistrates' Court heard on Monday.

The 50-year-old was clocked at 47mph at 6.29am on a slip road on August 23.

Warne, widely regarded as one of the best bowlers to play the game, had 15 penalty points on his licence at the time for five speeding offences.

He was also ordered to pay a total of £1,845 to the court.

Warne, who lives in west London's Little Venice, was spotted watching Chelsea play Liverpool at Stamford Bridge yesterday.

But he was not at today's court hearing because he is playing in a charity golf tournament in Scotland.

Describing the offence, prosecutor Julie Idowu said: 'It was on August 23, 2018, at about 6.28 in the morning that the defendant was driving an Hendy Group hired Jaguar along the A40.

'He was driving at a speed of 47mph and this was a 40mph road and as a result the safety camera was indeed activated.'

Warne, previously pictured in the Jaguar, although it is unclear whether this was the vehicle involved in the speeding offence

Warne, previously pictured in the Jaguar, although it is unclear whether this was the vehicle involved in the speeding offence

Deputy District Judge Adrian Turner told the court: 'The purpose of disqualification is to punish and to protect the public and to deter.

'There are 15 points to take into account together with the three I must impose today.

'Between April 2016 and August last year Warne committed six speeding offences.

'It may well be that none on its own were particularly serious but for points disqualification purposes the triviality of the offences is not to be taken into account.

'A period of 12 months is necessary for the purposes I have mentioned.'

Warne, of Little Venice, west London, was ordered to pay £775 in costs, fined £900, and must pay a surcharge of £170.

Warne avoided being banned before this summer's Ashes, at which he is pictured

Warne avoided being banned before this summer's Ashes, at which he is pictured

The judge asked why Warne had not been banned earlier.

His lawyer, Barry Warburton, told the court: 'Often the computer isn't updated and you get people on the road with 30 points who are very lucky.

'You can build up a huge number of points without ever actually totting. It's accepted that he's a totter. 

'I'm not putting forward exceptional hardship so I'm not adducing any evidence.'

Mr Warburton said he didn't know if Warne had another licence, but said he would be driving uninsured if he used his British driving licence in another country outside the EU, such as Australia.