Paul Scholes handed six-month driving ban after speeding offences

• Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has received a six-month driving ban following two motoring convictions.
• The 51-year-old was caught driving a Range Rover at 37mph in a 30mph zone in Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire , in March.
• A separate incident in November involved a Mercedes registered to Scholes driving at 49mph in a 30mph zone, resulting in a prosecution for failing to respond to police letters.
• Scholes was convicted in his absence during private Single Justice Procedure hearings after failing to enter pleas to either charge.
• Along with the ban, he was handed six penalty points and ordered to pay fines, costs, and victim surcharges totalling £1,472.

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Paul Scholes banned from driving after being convicted twice for speeding in two days