Ex-solicitor general Vera Baird given six-month driving ban – The Independent

Posted June 24th, 2010 in driving licences, fines, news, road traffic offences by sally

“A former solicitor general who sped down a motorway at almost 100mph was banned from driving for six months today. Top flight QC and former MP Vera Baird, 60, used all her eloquence in court in an attempt to preserve her licence.  But magistrates at Pontypridd, south Wales, dismissed her lengthy arguments after she admitted driving at 98mph on the M4 near Miskin.”

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The Independent, 23rd June 2010

Source: www.independent.co.uk