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Ex-Spice girl Geri gets driving ban
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Reuters
LONDON:
Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell was banned from driving Wednesday
for approaching an English town at double the speed limit
in her sports car.
During
a brief court appearance at Watford the pop singer was handed
a six-week ban and ordered to pay a 400 pound ($580) fine
and 35 pounds costs. Halliwell, 28, last month pleaded guilty
in writing to driving her Aston Martin at 60 mph in a 30 mph
zone toward Watford last October. But magistrates insisted
she attend court in person on Wednesday morning for sentencing.
Wearing a long cream leather coat and high-heel shoes, the
blonde singer spoke quietly to confirm her name, date of birth
and address.
Her lawyer
said that she was "very sorry" for the offence.
After the hearing Halliwell left the building accompanied
by bodyguards. Halliwell found fame with the all-female Spice
Girls, promoting the cause of "Girl Power" and wearing
a Union Jack dress. However she left the chart-topping group
in May 1998 to pursue a solo career and has since scored three
No. 1 hits in her own name. Her fine matched the punishment
given to Princess Anne, Queen Elizabeth's daughter, Tuesday
for doing 93 mph in a 70 mph zone, although the princess escaped
a ban.
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