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Stormzy was banned from driving for nine months after an undercover officer caught him using a mobile phone behind the wheel of a Rolls-Royce.
The rapper31, whose real name is Michael Ebenazer Owuo Junior, was banned Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.
Follow the incident in West Kensingtonwest London, just after 3.30pm on March 7 last year.
The musician did not attend the court hearing, but admitted his guilt in a letter.
An undercover officer knocked on the “tinted” passenger window of a Rolls-Royce Wraith and said “get rid of the tint and get off the phone”, a court heard.
Previously, Owuo also admitted to driving a Lamborghini Urus with illegally tinted windshields that allowed only four percent light transmission. The legal minimum is 70 percent.
The use of the vehicle was dangerous and put “vulnerable road users” at risk, prosecutor Alice Holloway said on Thursday.
Owuo was stopped by officers on Coombe Lane, Kingston upon Thames, at around 12.45pm on October 17, 2023, after being alerted to the windows.
District Judge Andrew Sweet banned the rapper, who already had six points on his licence, from driving for nine months and fined him £2,010 after a further six points were added to his licence.
He said Owu’s driving record was “not good” and criticized his “dangerous and irresponsible” actions.
Peter Csemiczky, defending, said Owuo accepts responsibility and apologizes. He added that the rapper removed the shades.