Ian Brown of the band Stone Roses narrowly escaped a driving ban, being awarded 6 points and a £650 fine.

The singer was clocked at 105mph on the northbound M6 in April 2011. Brown was represented by well known speeding lawyer Nick Freeman who claimed that a driving ban would make it difficult to see his son whoi lived in London and to get to rehearsals for the band’s upcoming tour. He was clocked doing 105 mph by a following police car. Foolishly the singer had declined roadside a “fixed penalty notice” which would have saved him a lot of bother. This is apparently Brown’s second speeding offence, the first some years ago has expired from his licence which was for three penalty points.