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Piers Morgan fined for speeding

Britain's Got Talent judge gets points on licence

Piers Morgan pleaded guilty by post

Piers Morgan has been fined £666 after pleading guilty to speeding.

The Britain's Got Talent star was caught on camera going 51mph in a 30mph zone.

He had been judging a school competition in Brighton on 13 November.

Piers did not appear at Brighton Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.

He was also given 6 penalty points on his licence and ordered to pay £58 costs.

‘I was judging a charity show called Roedean's Got Talent,' the 45-year-old told the BBC.

‘Unfortunately, my driving skills afterwards would not have got me past the first round.

'And I thoroughly deserved a red buzzer from the courts.'

A Sussex Police spokesman adds: ‘The vehicle he was driving was doing 51mph in a 30mph zone, above our threshold for issuing a fixed penalty notice.'

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