Broke Scots aristocrat dodges speeding ban so he can keep working at Just Eat
dailyrecord.co.ukA hard-up aristocrat has been allowed to avoid a totting-up drive ban so he can work delivering takeaway food for Just Eat. Clan chief-in-waiting Graham Roderick Laurence Oliphant of Oliphant Younger convinced a court a ban would cause him "exceptional hardship."Oliphant, who descends from a 1,000-year-old line of Scottish noblemen, faced a ban after racking up four speeding offences in the space of a few months.
Dundee's Justice of the Peace Court was told that Oliphant - a neighbour of the Royal Family in Glamis - had been clocked speeding in the city on 2 October last year.He admitted speeding at 51 miles per hour in a 40 mph zone on Kingsway West and the A90 at Charlotte Street in his eight-year-old Peugeot 2008.
He had three penalty points imposed upon his licence and - with nine points already on his licence - faced a totting-up ban after reaching the 12-point threshold.However, solicitor Doug McConnell, defending, told an exceptional hardship hearing that Oliphant, 69, had fallen on hard times despite his aristocratic background.
Mr McConnell said: "His address out in Glamis is remote. He earns his money through working for Just Eat, where he is a delivery driver."He has a very small pension that will not cover his rent.
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