{"id":222975,"date":"2026-01-02T06:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T06:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/222975\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T06:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T06:22:11","slug":"colin-salmon-genuinely-grateful-for-compassion-over-driving-offence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/222975\/","title":{"rendered":"Colin Salmon \u2018genuinely grateful\u2019 for \u2018compassion\u2019 over driving offence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EastEnders actor Colin Salmon has said he is \u201cgenuinely grateful\u201d for the \u201ccompassion\u201d he was shown by the court as he avoided a driving ban for speeding.<\/p>\n<p>The TV star plays George Knight in the soap and was previously best known as MI6 deputy chief of staff Charles Robinson, a character in the James Bond films Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day.<\/p>\n<p>Salmon apologised and said he appreciated the understanding shown for his \u201cextraordinary circumstances\u201d amid family health issues.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"935\" width=\"640\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/colin-salmon-genuinely-grateful-for-compassion-over-driving-offence.jpg\" alt=\"Colin Salmon and wife Fiona Hawthorne (left)\" data-title=\"Pride of Britain Awards 2025 \u2013 London\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Wire\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Wire\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Ian West\" data-usage-terms=\"\"\/>Colin Salmon and wife Fiona Hawthorne (left) (Ian West\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>He wrote on X: \u201cI hold my hands up, take full responsibility &amp; apologise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI actually feel the 20mph limit has improved quality of life in London.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c9 points in 7 weeks within half a mile of my front door. Proves the maxim \u2018you\u2019re more likely to have an accident 5 mins from home!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe court weighed up our extraordinary circumstances, fined me but showed compassion for which I\u2019m genuinely grateful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s to a #LessEventfulandHealthy2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Salmon previously said he took the role in EastEnders\u00a0as he \u201ccan\u2019t be far from home\u201d because his wife is \u201cnot well\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He is married to artist and illustrator Fiona Hawthorne, who previously revealed to Hello! magazine how she was diagnosed with a rare lung condition, interstitial lung disease,\u00a0 which requires her to use an oxygen tank.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EastEnders actor Colin Salmon has said he is \u201cgenuinely grateful\u201d for the \u201ccompassion\u201d he was shown by the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-222975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}