This is the moment Scotland's richest man was caught speeding by cops in the Highlands before being handed a £100 fine and three points on his license.
Billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen, who owns Bestseller and is a major shareholder in clothing giant ASOS, was travelling in a Volkswagen Caravelle van in Achinduich, Sutherland, when he was clocked going 82mp in a 60 zone.
Holch Povlsen and his wife Anne are Scotland’s largest landowners, with about 221,000 acres across the Highlands. The Danish businessman has amassed a personal fortune of £6.5billion and was named as Scotland's richest man in 2022.
He has now featured in the fourth episode of BBC docuseries Highland Cops after officers spotted a van going 12mph over the speed limit.
Officers followed the van and later identified Holch Povlsen, 50, as the driver after tailing the vehicle for several miles along a winding road.
They matched the property tycoon's speed over a fixed distance so they could 'comfortably say he's been driving at no less than a certain speed', the Daily Mail reports.
Holch Povlsen began to slow down and officers stopped him before approaching the vehicle. They immediately recognised the billionaire and explained why he had been stopped.
One officers showed him the speed gun and said: "That's your speed recorded there, 82."
Holch Povlsen was given a choice of accepting the £100 fine and three points, or alternatively the matter would be reported to the courts. He chose to accept the first offer.
Speaking in the show, one officer said: "When we dealt with this gentleman, I recognised who he was straightaway.
'He does a lot for the Highlands, he's invested a lot of money up here, and he's got a really good interest in the environment and protecting the Highlands for what it is. But irrespective of that, we have to treat everybody equally."
Later adding: "I'd like to think he would be able to pay that fine."
Holch Povlsen bought the 42,000-acre Glenfeshie estate in the Cairngorms for £8million in 2006 and has since snapped up vast swathes of Scottish countryside, with he and wife Anne owning around 221,000 acres across 12 estates.
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