Rapper Stormzy banned from driving for nine months after using a phone behind the wheel of a Rolls Royce

UK Rapper Stormzy – real name Michael Ebenezer Owuo Jr – has been banned from driving for nine months at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court after using a phone behind the wheel of a Rolls Royce in west Kensington in March last year.

The 31-year-old, was due to stand trial at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court today after denying the offence, but last minute changed his plea and admitted to using his phone whilst driving shortly after 3.30pm on March 7, 2024.

The rapper has been banned from driving for nine months and issued a £2,010 fine, which must be paid in seven days.

Sentencing, the judge branded his actions “dangerous” and “irresponsible”.

The court heard that the rapper already has 15 points on his licence after totting up a string of driving offences, which previously included pleading guilty to using a £200,000 Lamborghini Urus when its windows were too tinted.

During the time of the offence, the star did not attend court after pleading guilty leaving Prosecutor Alice Holloway to tell the court: “This defendant is not here today and there are two matters. One is driving a vehicle in a dangerous condition with excessively tinted windows.

“He has pleaded guilty to that offence after initially pleading not guilty and the trial was listed for today. There is also a mobile phone driving offence and that is a not guilty plea and today’s hearing is to fix a trial date.”

The blow to the rapper comes shortly after his split from Love Island host Maya Jama – after the pair rekindled their relationship from their first split.

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