Canadian pop star Shawn Mendes' roadie fined for speeding on Glenshane
Paul Slater, of Craigie Road, in Perth, in Scotland, was detected travelling at 93 miles per hour in a sixty miles per hour zone on the Glenshane Road outside the city on August 26, 2016.
District Judge Barney McElholm remarked how, in correspondence with the court, Slater, explained that he was a truck driver touring Europe with the “Canadian pop star Shawn Mendes”.
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Hide AdA Public Prosection Service (PPS) solicitor helpfully clarified that Mendes is “actually a person that exists”.
The court heard that Slater had no record.
He was fined £200 for speeding in excess of the limit and five penalty points were endorsed on his licence.