{"id":30761,"date":"2025-07-16T13:23:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T13:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=30761"},"modified":"2025-07-16T13:23:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T13:23:37","slug":"harry-potter-star-emma-watson-banned-from-driving-after-being-caught-speeding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=30761","title":{"rendered":"Harry Potter star Emma Watson banned from driving after being caught speeding"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Emma Watson might have to dig her broomstick back out to help her get from A to B, as the Harry Potter<\/em> star has just been banned from driving.<\/p>\n

The actress, best known for starring as Hermione Granger in the hit film<\/a> franchise, is now forbidden from getting behind the wheel for the next six months.<\/p>\n

She was caught speeding in \u00a330,000 Audi S3 on 31 July last year, with a speed camera capturing her travelling at 38mph in a 30mph zone in Oxford<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Breaking the speed limit is a crime in the UK, even for A-listers who captured the nation’s hearts in their adolescence while starring in movies<\/a> about the wizarding world.<\/p>\n

Although first-time offenders are often offered a Speed Awareness Course, there was no chance of this for Watson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That’s because the Little Women<\/em> star has already racked up three previous driving<\/a> offences over the years – so by the time she got done for speeding last year, she already had nine points on her licence.<\/p>\n

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Watson has been disqualified from driving for six months following her latest speeding offence (Arturo Holmes\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

According to<\/a> the UK government, you can be disqualified from driving if you get 12 or more penalty points within a three year period.<\/p>\n

After receiving a court summons, motorists in this position then find out their fate from a judge who decides how long the disqualification will last based on how serious they think the offence<\/a> is.<\/p>\n

You can be slapped with a six month ban if you get 12 or more penalty points within 3 years, or a 12-month ban if you get a second disqualification within three years.<\/p>\n

If you manage to get a third disqualification within three years, you can be banned from the roads for two whole years.<\/p>\n

Watson, who is currently a student at the University of Oxford,<\/strong> was made to pay a total of \u00a31,044 at High Wycombe Magistrates\u2019 Court on Wednesday (16 July). She did not attend the five-minute hearing.<\/p>\n

In February last year, Watson was left red-faced when her car got towed<\/a> after being left parked in front of a driveway in Stratford-Upon-Avon.<\/p>\n

It ended up blocking some other cars from leaving, including one belonging to the owner of a nearby pizzeria, who found their car ‘trapped’ behind Watson’s vehicle.<\/p>\n

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Harry Potter actress Zoe Wanamaker was also banned from driving by the same court on the same day as Watson (Warner Bros)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Her car at the time, a blue Audi S3, was hauled away and Watson was left with some paperwork to recover it.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, she managed to see the funny side of things as she ventured onto X<\/a> to give herself a ribbing over the incident.<\/p>\n

She joked that she was ‘still searching for parking in Stratford upon Avon’ followed by a laughing emoji – so if you see any speeding puns turn up on her social media<\/a> later, you know why.<\/p>\n

Coincidentally, one of Watson’s Harry Potter<\/em> co-stars was also banned from driving at the same today (16 July) too.<\/p>\n

Zoe Wanamaker, who played Quidditch referee and flying instructor Rolanda Hooch in the first film, also landed herself a disqualification from the roads after driving her blue Volvo at 46mph on a road with a 40mph limit.<\/p>\n

The 76-year-old has been banned for six months and fined the same amount as Watson, \u00a31,044, as she also had nine points on her licence prior to this speeding incident.<\/p>\n

Wanamaker did not attend the short hearing to find out her fate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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