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| 90mph police chief's driving ban | |
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| The former chair of roads policing at the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) has been been banned from driving for speeding at 90mph. | |
| Meredydd Hughes, the chief constable of South Yorkshire, was caught on a speed camera exceeding the 60mph limit on the A5 at Chirk near Wrexham in May. | |
| He stood down from his role at Acpo after he was summonsed over the driving offence, when he was off-duty. | He stood down from his role at Acpo after he was summonsed over the driving offence, when he was off-duty. |
| He was disqualified for 42 days and fined £350 by Wrexham magistrates. | |
| Hughes did not appear in person before magistrates but entered his guilty plea via his solicitor. | |
| South Yorkshire Police confirmed in October that Hughes, who is married with one son, was on a family trip when the offence happened. | |
| Variety of roles | |
| As Acpo's roads chief, he had argued in favour of "less conspicuous" speed cameras as a way of slowing down traffic. | |
| Hughes, who is originally from Cardiff, joined the South Wales Constabulary in 1979 after leaving university. | |
| He has worked in a variety of roles including as a firearms officer. In 1999 he was promoted to assistant chief constable of Greater Manchester Police but returned to South Yorkshire in 2002 as deputy chief constable. | |
| He has been in his current chief constable's role since September 2004. |