Best-selling crime writer Lynda La Plante faces a six-month driving ban after five speeding tickets in a 20mph zone—bringing her license points to 24. At 83, she argued the ban would end her career, citing her need for her car to research, meet sources, and walk her beloved guard dog Theo—whose emotional loss she feared would be unbearable. She described Theo as vital to her solitary writing life. But the court dismissed her plea as lacking sufficient evidence of “exceptional hardship.” Still, she was fined over £3,000, ordered to pay additional costs and a victim surcharge—a crushing blow for a writer who felt her livelihood depended on the road.
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