A former Hollyoaks and Footballers' Wives actress has avoided a driving ban after driving above the speed limit on Merseyside's most prolific speeding road.
Phina Oruche was caught speeding on Garston Way, on the Dock Road junction, that has been reported as being the road that catches drivers out more than anywhere else in Merseyside. The 52-year-old argued at Wirral magistrates court she needed her car to chauffeur her "gifted" 14-year old son to football practise.
The actress was facing disqualification under the totting up procedure after a speed trap camera caught her driving her blue Fiat 500 at 36mph and then 37mph in the same 30mph zone over a six week period earlier this year. But the star escaped a road ban.
