Overview

• The hearing was held in her absence at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court on July 17, 2025, with Watson represented by lawyer Mark Haslam.
• The court found she was driving at 38 mph in a 30 mph zone near Oxford on the evening of July 31, 2024.
• Her existing nine penalty points combined with this infraction triggered an automatic six-month licence suspension.
• The judge imposed a £1,044 fine which Watson is required to pay within 28 days.
• Watson continues her postgraduate creative writing studies at the University of Oxford while the ban is in effect.