Becks’ speedy recovery
Who says Tom’s long in the tooth?
Sir Tom relaxes with a drink DAVID Beckham celebrated missing out on a speeding fine by enjoying a £1300 bottle of wine in Paris with wife Victoria.
The couple jetted to France where they dined with TV star pal Eva Longoria, feasting on snails and steak swilled down with the Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru burgundy.
Former Spice Girl Victoria, 44, uploaded a photo of the posh bottle on Instagram.
It came as campaigners BY TOM BRYANT reporters@dailyrecord.co.uk POPULAR Singer chats and jokes with fan blasted former England captain Beckham, 43, for beating the charge – thanks to an expensive lawyer.
Nick “Mr Loophole” Freeman successfully argued the case was “defective” as police had served the legal papers outside the statutory 14-day window. He slated the case as a “scandalous waste of taxpayers’ money”.
After Beckham was spared a fine on Thursday, charity Brake said yesterday it was “hugely SIR Tom Jones seems fit as a fiddle as he enjoys a meal with friends while making the most of the autumn sunshine.
The 78-year-old appeared in great shape after battling a bacterial infection.
Smiling Sir Tom also wasn’t shy of travelling to the lunch, in Notting Hill, west London, in a 17-year-old VW Golf.
The singer later dressed up in a threepiece suit for the premiere of A Star Is Born, which stars Lady Gaga.
He recently confirmed he will return to be a coach on hit ITV show The Voice, which begins filming auditions soon. NOT PROUD He arrives in old VW with pal disappointing to see a role model like Beckham shirking his responsibility and getting off a speeding prosecution on a mere technicality”.
They added: “At the speed he was travelling, his stopping distance would be double that of At Star Is Born premiere someone driving within the limit – he should count himself very lucky that no incident occurred.”
Wimbledon magistrates heard Beckham admitted doing 59mph in a 40mph zone in a borrowed Bentley in Paddington, west London, in January but the prosecution notice arrived too late with the manufacturer who had loaned the car.
Freeman got a speeding rap overturned for Beckham in 1999 by arguing he was being chased by paparazzi.