Richard Hammond fined £999 after being caught speeding twice in luxury cars; magistrate orders total payment of £1,771.

Richard Hammond, the former Top Gear presenter, was fined £999 for speeding twice in December while driving luxury vehicles.¹

On December 2, he was clocked at 68mph in a 50mph limit in his Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo on the A40 in Pencraig, Herefordshire.²

Just 20 days later, on December 22, he was caught driving his Bentley Continental GT at 82mph in a 70mph limit on the A50 Rudhall Overbridge, also in Herefordshire.³

West Mercia Police presented speed camera evidence in court, leading to Hammond receiving seven penalty points on his driving license.⁴

At Telford Magistrates’ Court, Magistrate Ann Minton ordered him to pay a total of £1,771, which includes two fines of £333 and £666, along with £240 in costs and £532 in victim surcharges.⁵

Hammond, 56, pleaded guilty to the charges through his solicitor.

The court documents revealed that Hammond was first caught by a police officer with a handheld speed camera just before 1pm on December 2, and again at around 11:45am on December 22.

Notably, West Mercia Police had sent speeding tickets to a Grade II listed Herefordshire castle owned by Hammond, but the letters were returned marked as 'addressee gone away'. He was eventually located at his £2m home near Abergavenny, Wales, where over 30 vehicles were registered in his name.