Noel Gallagher fined greater than £1,000 for driving offence – however he would not have a licence

Former Oasis singer Noel Gallagher has been ordered to pay a court docket greater than £1,000 for dashing, regardless of by no means having taken his driving take a look at.

The 56-year-old was fined and handed six penalty factors for failing to establish the driving force of the automotive, which was caught dashing at 41mph on a 30mph stretch of the A40 in Edgware Road, west London.

The High Flying Birds frontman was ordered to pay £742 and a £296 sufferer surcharge, plus £100 in prices, a court docket official confirmed – a complete of £1,138.

The incident occurred final October when the automotive was caught by a dashing digital camera, the Evening Standard newspaper reported.

Gallagher‘s case was handled at Willesden Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday beneath the Single Justice Procedure – generally used to take care of minor street visitors and TV licensing offences – which meant he didn’t have to seem in particular person.

The star stated that he gave up on studying to drive after one lesson after being mobbed by followers on the peak of Oasis’s recognition within the Nineties, when talking on BBC Radio 4 again in April.

He instructed presenter Zoe Ball: “I have had one driving lesson in the 90s and I was driving round a housing estate in Slough and she [the instructor] said to me, ‘if you just indicate and pull over here’ – then I pulled over.

“She received out the automotive she stated, ‘I’ll be again in a minute’, she got here out along with her mum, she drove me to her home.

“Then the native complete bell went they usually all got here out.

“This is at the height of Oasis-mania and I was like never, never again.”

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Gallagher was contacted in regards to the incident in October and December final 12 months, in accordance with the Evening Standard, however as police didn’t obtain a reply, he was discovered responsible.

Single Justice Procedure instances may be handled by a single Justice of the Peace remotely utilizing paperwork.

Defendants who plead not responsible “have to go to court and give information to the magistrates in person” however may be discovered responsible after 21 days if they don’t reply to a letter, in accordance with the federal government web site.