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Zoe Delaney

Bez feared 'weirdo' was following him when police caught him speeding up to 90mph

Happy Mondays star Bez says he thought 'some kind of weirdo' was following him when police caught him driving his Bentley up to 90mph earlier this year.

The star - real name Mark Berry - was fined for 'reckless and careless' driving at at Warrington Magistrates’ Court on Friday [September 23], after two police officers in an unmarked car followed the former Dancing on Ice contestant driving on the M56 at the start of this year.

Bez, 58, told the police officers who tailed him for 13 minutes he thought he was being followed by "some kind of weirdo" so sped up to "get away". He was found guilty of driving without due care and attention on the M56 on Friday.

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