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| 90mph police chief's driving ban | 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. | 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 camera doing that speed 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. | He was disqualified for 42 days and fined £350 by Wrexham magistrates. |
| Hughes, 49, did not appear in person before magistrates but entered his guilty plea via his solicitor, Huw Edwards. | |
| The court heard the chief constable of Victoria Quays in Shefflied was caught driving at 90mph in his Y-reg Audi at 8.17am on 28 May this year. | |
| He is no exception and he accepts that he must be punished for the offence. Huw edwards, Hughes' solicitor | |
| Mr Edwards said Hughes had made a guilty plea "effectively" at the first opportunity, and had fully co-operated with the police. | |
| "With regards to the offence itself, Mr Hughes recalls that on that morning he was returning from north Wales where he was on a short climbing holiday. | |
| "He doesn't seek to make any excuse about this matter. He totally accepts that the police have a duty to do," Mr Edwards said. | |
| "He is no exception and he accepts that he must be punished for the offence. | |
| "He asks me to apologise for the offence. he recognises that the matter is a serious matter." | |
| Presiding magistrate Brinley Hughes said: "We have looked at guidelines and taken advice and we have come up with a decision that Mr Hughes, for the excessive high speed and the time of day that the offence happened, we feel this merits disqualification for 42 days. | |
| "Your client's early guilty plea has been reflected in the financial penalty." | |
| Variety of roles | 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. | 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. | 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 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. | He has been in his current chief constable's role since September 2004. |