Emma Watson banned from driving after going 8mph over limit in 30mph zone
Danni Scott
Emma Watson has been banned from driving (Picture: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)
Emma Watson has been banned from driving for six months at High Wycombe Magistrates’ Court today.
The Harry Potter star, 35, didn’t appear in court herself but did admit to going 38mph in a 30mph zone.
She was caught speeding in Banbury, Oxford, on July 31 last year and is said to have had nine points on her licence at the time.
The star will have to pay £1,044 in fines, including £660 for a guilty plea, a £264 surcharge and £120 cost, which she must pay within 28 days.
The Beauty and the Beast actress had been driving along a restricted road with a speed camera while studying her doctorate at Oxford University.
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Watson was caught in Oxford, where she is studying for her doctorate (Picture: Selcuk Acar/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Watson with her Harry Potter co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint (Picture: Alamy Stock Photo)
Her representative Mark Haslam said she ‘fully understands her position and will accept her punishment’.
‘I ask you to give her credit for the plea of guilty,’ he added and noted that she is a student but ‘is a lady in a position to pay an appropriate fine.’
Court records state she was driving her £30,000 Audi S3 at the time, the same vehicle which was impounded last year and landed her a parking fine.
She had left the car outside the Rose and Crown pub in Stratford-Upon-Avon, blocking a local restaurant manager’s vehicle for three hours.
After being unable to locate the driver, he eventually called the police and Watson had to pay a £192 fine after her appeals were unsuccessful.
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Watson played Hermione Granger in the film franchise (Picture: ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection)
Exclusive by Nick Fagge Harry Potter star Emma Watson may have wished she had stuck with the Hogwarts Express after a night out ended with her car being impounded by police. The celebrated actress landed herself in hot water after she left her ?30,000 Audi A3 illegally parked while she enjoyed an evening in a pub across the road. Ms Watson, 33, had apparently failed to spot a ?no parking? sign and didn?t realise she had left the vehicle outside a car park entrance in the historic city centre of Stratford-upon-Avon.
She previously had her car impounded after a parking issue (Picture: Nick Fagge)
At the time, Warwickshire Police confirmed that ‘a report of a blue Audi S3 parked across a driveway and blocking in two cars on High Street near the junction with Sheep Street in Stratford.
‘The report was made at 9.42pm and the car was impounded and taken away at 10.21pm. No crime was recorded.’
Just days later, Watson poked fun at the debacle with the crying laughing face emoji and wrote on X: ‘Still searching for parking in Stratford upon Avon.’
The UN Women Goodwill Ambassador grew up in the spotlight and in 2007 spoke to David Letterman about learning to drive.
She shared that she ‘loves driving’ but confessed that bad driving runs in the family.
‘I can’t wait to be able to drive, but it’s hard,’ she shared at the time. ‘Good driving doesn’t really run in my family genes. My mum is possibly the worst driver ever.’
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