Wife of Lib Dem peer Lord Marks who was caught speeding twice in five months avoids driving ban after lawyers said she needs car for childcare and to look after her ‘unwell’ husband
- Lady Clementine Medina Marks, 53, was caught speeding twice in five months
- The wife of Lib Dem peer Lord Marks avoided a ban but now has 11 licence points
- Mother-of-five told Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court she needed a car for childcare
- She also said her husband, 68, was recently unwell but did not give other details
The wife of Lib Dem peer Lord Marks with a ‘flagrant disregard for speed limits’ has been caught over the limit twice in five months.
Lady Clementine Medina Marks has narrowly avoided a driving ban after she was repeatedly caught speeding.
The 53-year-old now has 11 points on her licence but will be allowed to remain on the roads.
The mother-of-five asked Wimbledon Magistrates’ not to ban her because she needs a car for childcare and housekeeping needs after a recent illness of her husband who has been suffering ‘pulmonary issues’.
Lady Clementine Medina Marks, 53, the wife of Lib Dem peer Lord Marks, has narrowly avoided a driving ban at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court after she was caught speeding twice in five months
She asked the magistrates not to ban her from driving as she needs the car for childcare and while her husband,the Lib Dem peer Lord Marks, is recovering from an illness. (Pictured: Lord and Lady Marks)
Lady Clementine was caught on a speed camera at 12:26am driving her Mercedes at 80mph in a 60mph limit on the M4 between Hillingdon and Hounslow on 18 June 2019.
She was flashed at 58mph in a 50mph limit, on the A34 in Wytham, Oxfordshire, on 18 November 2019, and given three points.
Lady Clementine, of Queens Gate Gardens, South Kensington, admitted two charges of exceeding speed limits and received eleven points on her licence. A magistrate told her she had a ‘flagrant disregard’ for speed limits
Magistrates’ bench chair Vanessa Weguelin said: ‘You now have three convictions for speeding.’
No detail was given in court about the third conviction for speeding.
‘It’s clear that you have a flagrant disregard for speed limits,’ said the magistrates.
‘That’s totally unacceptable and can’t continue. You have eleven points on your licence for some considerable time. You need to be extremely careful about driving.’
Lady Clementine, of Queens Gate Gardens, South Kensington, admitted two charges of exceeding speed limits and received eleven points on her licence.
She lives with her 68 year-old husband in a ten bedroomed mansion near Henley-on Thames. She was also fined £1,425.
The court heard her family have very high expenses and her five children – aged 24, 22, 21, 19 and 15 are all in education and only one of whom has can drive.
Her solicitor said: ‘This is a family who have very high expenses at the moment and are managing, just.’
The peer’s wife, listed in court as Lady Clementine Medina Cafopoulus-Marks, also needs to travel to Greece to support her elderly father who has health conditions.