The Walking Dead star David Morrissey was banned from driving today after being caught speeding three times in a week.
The 61-year-old actor was sentenced after he was caught driving his £40,000 black Mini Countryman at 46mph in a 40mph zone on the A406 in Willesden, North West London, at 5.41am on August 2 last year.
Just two days later, he clocked at 55mph and 48mph in 40mph zones on the A40 near Greenford on August 4 and 5, at 5.23am and 2.35am respectively.
Morrissey did not attend a short hearing at Willesden Magistrates’ Court today and was handed an £5,700 fine.
Prosecutor Maya Arputham said: ‘Morrissey should pay the full £1,500 costs for the trial last week included in the fine.’
The Bafta-nominated actor already had nine points on his licence, and was handed nine more which gave him an automatic ban for driving for six months.
Morrissey, of Camden, North London, previously denied but was found guilty of three charges of excess speeding 40mph after a three-hour trial last week.
Representing the actor, Conall Bailie said: ‘There will be no issue in Morrissey paying the fine.
David Morrissey at The Sky Arts Awards at The Roundhouse in London in September 2024
Morrissey is best known for playing ‘The Governor’ in the FX series ‘The Walking Dead’
‘But the court costs are a significant amount. The trial was a matter that took up less than three hours of court time. It wasn’t particularly lengthy.’
District Judge Jack Walsh said: ‘The sum of £1,500 in court costs appears to me to be eminently reasonable.
‘I have found all three offences proved. He is convicted of all three offences. He did not have a clean driving record.
‘The case he put to court was entirely illegitimate, and he had a chance to come to court and give evidence.
‘A defendant who forces the prosecution to pay attention to such close detail to prove his case is likely to be liable to the full prosecution costs as a result of adopting that sort of approach to the case.’
Morrissey, whose net worth is in the region of £2.4million, was married to the daughter of painter Lucian Freud and great-granddaughter of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, Esther Freud, but they separated in 2020.
Morrissey was married to the daughter of painter Lucian Freud and great-granddaughter of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, Esther Freud (pictured in 2014), but they separated in 2020
Morrissey did not attend a short hearing at Willesden Magistrates’ Court today (file photo)
His debut role came when he was cast in the television series ‘One Summer’ in 1983 at the age of 18.
He then attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre.
Morrissey is best known for playing ‘The Governor’ in the FX series ‘The Walking Dead’.
He was nominated for a Bafta for his role as Stephen Collins in the 2003 political thriller series, ‘State of Play’.
Other notable roles include Ripley Holden in ‘Blackpool’, Aulus Platius in the Sky TV show ‘Britannia,’ and the criminal taxi driver Vince McKee in BBC drama ‘The Driver’.
In 2022, he starred in the BBC crime series ‘Sherwood,’ which won a best drama series award in 2023.
Morrissey has also directed short films and the television dramas Sweet Revenge in 2001 and Passer By in 2004.
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Actor David Morrissey is banned from driving after ‘being caught speeding three times within a week’ in his £40k Mini