Driver flouted ban to deliver wedding dress

A DRY cleaner to the stars was spared jail – for ignoring a driving ban so he could deliver a wedding dress to a bride for her big day.

Award-winning businessman Adil Zafar has the contract to keep the costumes for the new Fast and The Furious film, being shot in Glasgow, sparkling clean.

The 31-year-old, who owns Harrods Dry Cleaners, in Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire, also does dry cleaning for River City and looked after the clothes used in Avengers: Infinity War when it was shot in Scotland.

But as well as looking after clothes worn by the likes of Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth and Mark Ruffalo, Zafar has a host of ordinary clients.

And it was going above and beyond for a brideto-be that landed him in the dock at Paisley Sheriff Court.

As he called for background reports to be prepared ahead of sentencing and adjourned the case for that to be done, Sheriff Colin Pettigrew slammed Zafar for his actions - and warned him he could be jailed.

When he returned to the dock yesterday defence solicitor Charlie Mccusker asked Sheriff Pettigrew to spare Zafar jail - pointing out how successful he had become. The lawyer explained: “He is ashamed of his actions.”

Mr Mccusker said Zafar had won Business Person of the Year at the Renfrewshire Chamber of Commerce Awards and Small Business of the Year at the Scottish Asian Business Awards.

Sheriff Pettigrew pointed out that Zafar was also banned from the roads a week after being caught at Glasgow Airport for again driving while disqualified and was without insurance. But he ruled he could deal with him without sending him to jail, fining him £1,800, reduced from £2,400, and banning him from driving for 17 months, reduced from 22 months.