Comic drove without licence

Scottish comedian and former Big Brother contestant Hardeep Singh Kohli has admitted driving without a licence.

The comic claimed he did not realise his licence had been revoked by an “over zealous doctor” when he complained of pins and needles in one of his feet.

At Glasgow Sheriff Court the 50-year-old admitted driving in Glasgow’s West Nile Street on 10 April last year. His licence had been revoked in October 2017.

The court heard Kohli had experienced tingling in his foot and went to the doctor to find out what was wrong. The doctor then wrote to the DVLA about his problem which meant his licence was cancelled. Kohli’s defence lawyer Garvey Mccardle said: “She was zealous in her approach and she told the DVLA that it led to numbness; he didn’t know she wrote to them.”

Kohli will be sentenced next month.