Why/how TF did she get away with that? 
Unusual for a simple speeding case to be heard as a Single Justice Hearing so there may be more to it than reported in the article.
She pleaded guilty and was heard by a single magistrate. She did not attend court (you canât for SJP) but completed a form which included her financial statement and itâs taken at face value. She also had costs awarded against her so the total was more than the usual ÂŁ100 + 3 points fixed penalty
âThe Single Justice Procedure applies to cases involving adults charged with summary-only non-imprisonable offences. It allows cases to be dealt with by a single magistrate on the basis of the papers alone without either party having to attend court for a hearing.â
I bow to your superior knowledge of the process but, letâs face it, itâs a travesty using the âfinancial hardshipâ defence.
Costs were ÂŁ84 AIUI
But a business where finding an extra ÂŁ50 would cause cash flow problems doesnât strike me as a particularly viable one.
itâs not a business expense.
OK, true - I knew Iâd phrased that badly.
Try: âBut a businesswoman for whom finding an extra ÂŁ50 would cause cash flow problems doesnât strike me as a particularly good oneâ.
Sounds very much like sheâs taking the piss, and got away with it. Whatâs the betting on loads more people caught speeding trying it on now a precedent has been set?
Not that many I think. Normal people take their bumps but revered scum like her are always on the make. I donât blame her I blame the arse licking magistrates.
She didnât attend Court and would they know who she was anyway?
30 years ago her daddy would have made a call and she wouldnât have got any fine or punishment !
Daughter of the Duke of a place that no longer exists ⌠
Happens all the time. Iâve just finished a biography of the 7th Earl of Cardigan, the man who led the Charge of the Light Brigade in 1854.
He got away with a charge of duelling even thoâ he told the constable arresting him on Wimbledon Common âI am guilty of duellingâ. He repeated this down at the police station. The fact that he had wounded his opponent made the offence more serious.
He was tried by his peers, The House Of Lords. The prosecutionâs case was so inept that the Lord Chief Justice, âin the chairâ asked in astonishment, âIs that your case, my lord?â
Cardiganâs defence, spotting the deliberate mistake of the prosecution, put it to their noble lordships that the prosecution had at no time proved that the man who admitted to duelling on Wimbledon Common was in fact Lord Cardigan.
The simple question to the witnesses, including the constable, âDo you see in this place the man who admitted to you that he was guilty of duellng?â was never asked!
The result was acquittal. It was generally assumed that this monstrous fudge was a deliberate ploy to avoid trouble in the lordly ranks, especially as Cardigan was, at the time, well regarded by Victoria and was C.O. of the regiment of which Albert was Honâ Colonel.
Box ticking woke magistrate.
Had the magistrate been woke (rather than a crashing toad-eating snob) she would have been properly fined.
Had the magistrate been a toad eater then she would definately have been properly fined. Unfortunately the british justice system has gone fully down the pan, it is all about virtue signalling whilst the real criminals are having fun, and the rozzers drive around in their rainbow patrol cars pandering to the protesters.
Er no, because the magistrate was a toad-eater, she wasnât!
Toad-eater: sycophant , toady, lackey, flunkey, minion, stooge, kowtower, truckler, groveller, crawler, creep, fawner, flatterer, lickspittle, Uriah Heep, puppet, catâs paw, instrument, pawn, underling, hanger-on, camp follower, doormat, spaniel.
Overworked magistrate is more likely 
But she hasnât âgot away with itâ.
A â47 in a 40â automatic camera speeding offence would usually be an offer of ÂŁ100 penalty + 3 points or a course at ÂŁ100 with no points. For an unspecified reason her case was referred to the SJP to be heard âon papersâ by a single magistrate. She pleaded guilty and whatever she wrote as an explanation or in mitigation and the income she reported is accepted at face value. Because costs and fees are always added to SJPs despite the reduced fine she ended up paying more that the standard penalty or course. She would have also received 3 points on her licence. Itâs fair to assume that the magistrate may have had no idea who she was based the the written submission and sentencing would be within strict guidelines.
Reported, presumably by a local newspaper, which was picked up or syndicated and reported identically, word for word, by a number of national newspapers
It wouldnât surprise me if there was delay in paying the fine/sending the paperwork back - perhaps she thought daddy would deal with it for her?