​Lady Howard fined after hitting pedestrian in her Porsche

Lady Howard was fined £500 yesterday after ploughing her Porsche into a pedestrian while overtaking a queue of traffic on the wrong side of the road, back in January. The furniture designer impatiently overtook a row of stationary cars on her way to her furniture store in London’s fashionable King’s Road when she struck David Laing in nearby West Kensington.

The 49-year-old mother-of-two admitted driving her black Porsche Boxster without due care and attention, on January 14. Bench chairwoman Cathy Jago told Lady Howard at Lavender Hill Magistrates’ Court: “We have heard that you drove in a dangerous manner,” reports the Telegraph.

“You were driving on the wrong side of the road and that resulted in a pedestrian being hit by your vehicle and him being taken to hospital by ambulance.” She was fined £500, ordered to pay £85 costs, a £50 victim surcharge and received five penalty points.

Prosecutor Miss Melanie Hardwick told the court it was 10am when Mr Laing was crossing the road outside North End Medical Centre and Lady Howard was rushing to work.

“Mr Laing received injuries to his shoulder, leg, neck and head as a result of being struck by the defendant. She got out of her car to ask if he was okay and an ambulance was called.”

The court also heard that Lady Howard already had six penalty points on her driving licence for using a mobile phone and speeding. However, her lawyer Mark Haslam asked the court not to impose six or more penalty points, which would result in an automatic ban.

He said: “She is a married lady and her husband works in London, where he lives during the week.

“She works from home, but also drives to her work three times a week.”

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