Eco-loving Harry Potter star Emma Watson is BANNED from driving after 4th speeding offence in just two years
ROAD HOG-WARTS Eco-loving Harry Potter star Emma Watson is BANNED from driving after 4th speeding offence in just two years
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HARRY Potter star Emma Watson has been banned from driving for six months after being caught speeding in her £30k Audi.
The Hermione Granger actress, 35, did not attend a short hearing at High Wycombe magistrates' court this morning but accepted a £1,000 fine.
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Emma admitted going 38mph in a 30mph zone on July 31 last year, court records show
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We first revealed how the actress had requested the hearing after speeding through a 30-mile-per-hour automatic camera in her £30,000 Audi S3 at 38 mph.
The court heard today how Watson had three previous offences on her record with a total of nine points.
She triggered the flash late at night on July 31 last year on the busy Banbury Road in Oxford.
Watson had been studying creative writing at the city's university.
The three added points mean she is now banned from driving until January next year after totting up too many tickets.
Prosecutor Adrian Wilson said: 'The offence occurred at 22.44 on the 31st July 2024.
'There was a recorded speed of 38 miles per hour.
'Ms Watson had nine points on her licence for three previous speeding offences on 8/10/23, 26/11/23 and 29/1/24.'
The star's lawyer, Mark Haslam, said the Hollywood star, said to be worth £60million, was not earning a salary but was 'in a position to pay' the fine.
He added the film star would not try and mitigate the fine despite her applying for a sentencing hearing.
Harry Potter star Emma Watson's £30k Audi towed away by cops
The lawyer said: "She's a student with no direct income at the moment, but she is in a position to pay the fine.
'She fully understands there is no exceptional hardship.'
Ms Watson was charged by post and pleaded guilty through the Single Justice Procedure on March 3.
District Judge Arvind Sharma, passing sentence, said: 'Her licence will be endorsed with three points, a Band A fine, which would have been £1,000, reduced to £660 for her guilty plea at the first opportunity.
'She will pay a £244 surcharge and £120 costs, to be paid in full within 28 days.
'The 12 points (means) she is disqualified for six months from now.'
Emma has fronted environmental campaigns for charities, including writing books for the COP26 eco conference.
Our story was the latest car trouble for the star in recent times.
She was filmed bargaining with tow-truck drivers when they hauled the Audi onto a flatbed in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, in February last year.
She had blocked a car park and ignored a 'No Parking' sign to visit a pub with mum Jacqueline.
It meant a pizza restaurant manager had his car trapped in by Watson's motor for nearly four hours.
After a frantic dash around nearby restaurants and bars, he called cops.
He added: 'But when the police started to tow her car away, she came flying out of the pub shouting, 'That's my car, that's my car!''
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