Driving ban delayed so former bishop can drive car home from airport car park
11.02.09
A former bishop caught speeding persuaded a court to delay banning him from driving because he needed to move his car from a Bristol Airport car park, the Edinburgh News reports.
Neville Chamberlain, 69, from Somerset, was caught travelling at 40 mph in a 30 mph zone in Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh last October. He admitted the offence and appeared at Edinburgh's justice of the peace court yesterday. He was fined £90 and given 3 penalty points on his licence on top of 9 he had already, leading to an automatic six-month driving ban.
Mr Chamberlain, formerly the Right Reverend Bishop of Brechin, told the court that he had flown to Edinburgh from his home in Somerset and had left his car parked in the car park at Bristol Airport. If the driving ban was imposed immediately, he would be unable to take his car on the hour-long journey to his home at the Master's House, Hugh Sexeys Hospital in Bruton, Somerset.
Justice of the Peace Myer Cowen deferred sentence until Friday, when he will begin the driving ban, so that he could take the car home.
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