Harry Potter star Emma Watson banned from driving after being caught dashing

Emma Watson may need to dig her broomstick again out to assist her get from A to B, because the Harry Potter star has simply been banned from driving.

The actress, finest recognized for starring as Hermione Granger within the hit movie franchise, has now been forbidden from getting behind the wheel for six months.

She was caught dashing in £30,000 Audi S3 on 31 July final yr, with a velocity digital camera capturing her travelling at 38mph in a 30mph zone in Oxford.

Though first-time offenders are sometimes supplied a Pace Consciousness Course, there was no likelihood of this for Watson.

That is as a result of the Little Girls star had already racked up three driving offences through the years – so by the point she received carried out for dashing, she already had 9 factors on her licence.

In accordance to the UK authorities, you will be disqualified from driving should you get 12 or extra penalty factors inside a 3 yr interval.

After receiving a court docket summons, motorists on this place then discover out their destiny from a choose who decides how lengthy the disqualification will final primarily based on how severe they assume the offence is.

You will be slapped with a six month ban should you get 12 or extra penalty factors inside 3 years or a 12-month ban should you get a second disqualification inside three years.

In case you handle to get a 3rd disqualification inside three years, you will be banned from the roads for 2 entire years.

Watson, who’s now a pupil, was made to pay a complete of £1,044 at Excessive Wycombe Magistrates’ Courtroom on Wednesday.

Watson already had 9 factors on her licence earlier than the dashing incident occurred, the court docket heard.

She didn’t attend the five-minute listening to.

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