Overview
- High Wycombe Magistrates' Court disqualified the 49-year-old for six months and ordered £1,044 in costs and fines under totting-up rules.
- Her Mercedes was recorded at 35mph in a 30mph zone in Maidens Green, Berkshire, on April 1 by manned enforcement, taking her licence to 12 points.
- District Judge Arvind Sharma said he did not find exceptional hardship, noting her earnings and savings; Gallacher told the court she could not afford a driver or regular taxis.
- Gallacher pleaded guilty and argued she is the sole carer and earner in a rural area and is undergoing radiotherapy for a benign acoustic neuroma that has caused hearing loss and tinnitus.
- She criticised the ruling as showing “no empathy” and said she felt “broken,” while also reporting a recent central London assault that police believe was targeted and for which they have CCTV and an image of a suspect.