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DIY SOS host Nick Knowles has been banned from driving for six months and fined nearly £1,500 for speeding and using a mobile phone at the wheel.
Knowles, 56, previously admitted the two driving offences and was sentenced at Cheltenham Magistrates' Court.
He was caught driving at 85mph in a 70mph zone in a Range Rover and using his phone on 28 January.
Knowles told the court he had a hands-free kit in his car but was holding his mobile due to a "dodgy power lead".
Presiding justice Andrew Hill told the former I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! contestant the ban would be enforced as it would not cause him "exceptional hardship".
He was fined £666 for speeding and £666 for using his phone, with a victim surcharge of £66 and prosecution costs of £85.
BIB The number of the Beast (and Little Beast?) .....
Nevertheless, Nick Knowles is more honest than some MPs I could mention .....
Knowles, representing himself, said he had chosen to "dismiss" legal advice to attempt to "get by on a technicality".
"Given all that background, it would be pompous and irresponsible of me to try and get off," he said. "For me, this was a wake-up call and me putting my phone in the boot of my car now stops the temptation.
"The six-month ban was appropriate because to give anything else would be giving me special privilege."
I still think he's a dickhead (based on IACGMOOH) but credit where credit's due .....
Re: Nick Knowles: DIY SOS host banned from driving
They could have at least fined him a thousand, just so the judge could say 'I fine you one thoooooooouuuuuuuuusand poooooouuuuuunds (like he does on his quiz programmes).
They could have at least fined him a thousand, just so the judge could say 'I fine you one thoooooooouuuuuuuuusand poooooouuuuuunds (like he does on his quiz programmes).