Jim Davidson fined for speeding

Jim Davidson has been fined £130 for speeding – despite claming he claimed wasn’t driving at the time.

The comic said he wasn’t behind the wheel of his black Range Rover when it was filmed doing 96mph on a dual carriageway in Devon last August.

But, bizarrely, Davidson, who lives as a tax exile in Dubai, suggested paying a fine for breaking the law was in some way related to the recession.

‘I don't mind paying, everyone is having to tuck their belts in,’ he told magistrates.

The 56-year-old said of the film of the car speeding on the 70mph A380: ‘I recognise the bald bloke but, hand on heart, I don't think it's me driving.

"Enough is enough, I will pay. I will accept the court is telling me I was driving that vehicle. I want to put this to bed. I don't want to be a pest so I owned up. In reality I don't think it's me.’

Davidson, who also got six points on his licence and was told to pay £60 court costs and a £15 court surcharge, was served a summons backstage at a theatre where he was performing.

He had faced a ban, but spent £5,000 to fly back from Dubai to plead his case in person.

Published: 26 May 2010