Big Brother's Jade Goody banned from driving for six months

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The 26-year-old, of Chipping Ongar, Essex, appeared at Basildon Magistrates Court today where she admitted driving her £40,000 BMW car with a provisional driving licence on November 3 on the M1 motorway at Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire.

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Banned: Jade Goody received a six-month driving ban after she admitted to a series of motoring offences including driving her BMW on a provisional licence

The mother-of-two had pleaded with magistrates to let her escape the ban saying her life in the spotlight made it difficult for her to use public transport.

Her solicitor told the court: "As a celebrity the interest by the public in Miss Goody is not always positive. It is impracticable for her to use public transport."

But her pleas were ignored, and the magistrates handed down 14 penalty points - meaning an instant six-month road ban for the infamous Big Brother housemate.

Goody also pleaded guilty to driving the vehicle otherwise in accordance with her licence and to driving with no insurance.

Sentencing, magistrates' chairman Richard Albon ordered Goody to pay more than £1,500 in fines and court costs and said 14 points would be added to her driving licence, meaning she would be banned under the totting-up procedure.