Caroline Henry, a police and crime commissioner who had pledged to crack down on speeding has been given a six-month driving ban after being caught breaking the limit five times in 12 weeks.
Henry admitted the offenses at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court in May. The 52-year-old declined to answer questions on whether she would resign. The PCC, who was elected to the post in May 2021, was caught speeding in a Mercedes and a Lexus with a personalized number plate.
Henry, who is married to Conservative Broxtowe MP Darren Henry, was captured over the speed limit twice near a primary school in Daybrook, Nottinghamshire, as well as roads in Chilwell, Beeston, and on the county’s A610. Speed cameras clocked her at 40mph in a 30mph zone, with other excess speeds recorded at 35mph and 38mph. Imposing a £2,450 fine in addition to her ban, district judge Leo Pyle said of the offenses: “What they show is that you are driving at consistent speeds above the speed limits.
Her defense solicitor, Rhys Rosser, urged the court not to ban her so she could visit her child in a hospital in Salisbury, in Wiltshire, arguing it “cannot be done by public transport”. But the judge said despite it being an “inconvenience”, her husband could “facilitate” it. In a statement outside court after being sentenced, Henry said: “I’m truly sorry for speeding.
