EastEnders actor Jamie Borthwick left court beaming today after a judge reduced his six-month driving ban to two. The 27-year-old, who has played Jay Brown in the BBC soap for the last 15 years, is having to pay for alternative transport to take him to the BBC studios.
He is unable to take public transport in case he is recognised, his lawyer claimed. Borthwick was clocked speeding in his Mercedes at 52mph on a 30mph road in Romford, east London in May last year.
He admitted speeding and his case was heard in a closed court hearing known as a Single Justice Procedure on December 1 last year. Borthwick was then given six penalty points at Romford Magistrates’ Court on January 31.
