Driving ban delayed – so former bishop can get car home from airport car park!
11.02.09
A former bishop who was 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, was clocked travelling at 40 mph in a 30 mph zone in Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh in October. Mr Chamberlain, from Somerset, admitted the offence and appeared at Edinburgh's justice of the peace court yesterday to be sentenced. He was fined £90 and given 3 penalty points on his licence on top of 9 he already has, leading to an automatic six-month driving ban.
Mr Chamberlain, formerly the Right Reverend Bishop of Brechin, said he had flown to Edinburgh from his home in Somerset to attend court 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.
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