Documents from the case case present Hammond was first caught speeding by a police officer with a handheld pace digital camera at simply earlier than 13:00 BST on 2 December and once more at about 11:45 BST on 22 December.
West Mercia Police despatched speeding tickets to a Grade II listed Herefordshire citadel purchased by Hammond in 2012 and a £1m farm property close to Hereford, however the letters had been returned marked as “addressee gone away”.
He was finally tracked right down to his £2m residence close to Abergavenny in Wales the place greater than 30 autos had been at present registered, the courtroom heard.
Police additionally set out within the courtroom papers that Hammond had been accused of one other driving offence in August final yr.
Hammond, who hosted the BBC’s Top Gear present with Jeremy Clarkson and James May between 2002 and 2015, obtained a three-month driving ban in France in 2013 after he and Clarkson had been caught speeding whereas making an episode of the present.
To the costs of ignoring the police letters and failing to establish himself because the responsible driver, he stated in a letter to the courtroom learn out by his solicitor: “He replied identifying himself as the driver. He sent the reply by First Class post. He posted the reply himself.”
The power in the end opted to withdraw the additional costs, as Hammond was prosecuted and convicted for the speeding.
