‘I’m truly sorry’
POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER BANNED FROM DRIVING FOR SIX MONTHS AND FINED £2,450 OVER FIVE SPEEDING TICKETS
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE’S Police and Crime Commissioner Caroline Henry has been sentenced for five speeding offences.
The 52-year-old, appearing before Nottingham Magistrates’ Court yesterday morning, was tearful at times as her lawyer pleaded exceptional hardship so she could keep her licence.
But District Judge Leo Pyle disagreed and banned her from driving for six months, and issued a fine totalling £2,450 as well as 15 penalty points on her driving licence.
Henry, of Orchil Street, Giltbrook, previously pleaded guilty to five speeding offences.
They occurred in the space of just four months from March to June 2021, while she was still campaigning to be the new PCC as well as after she was elected to the role.
She was elected as Conservative commissioner in May last year and is responsible for holding Nottinghamshire Police to account and overseeing its spending.
The court heard more about Henry’s children and how they rely heavily on her.
She has to travel to Beeston and Salisbury for them and the court was told why these trips could not be done by public transport.
Outside court, she made a brief statement as one reporter asked, “Are you not going to resign?” and another said, “Are you getting the bus home?”.
Henry, who did not respond to those questions, said: “I am truly sorry for speeding.
“Quite properly I have been fined and banned from driving for six months. I remain committed to serving the people of Nottinghamshire as Police and Crime Commissioner. Thank you for listening to me on this hot day”.