Former cricketer Shane Warne’s fight to hold onto his driving licence after he was caught allegedly speeding in a hired Jag continued on Tuesday.
The Australian ex-spin bowler, 49, did not appear at Wimbledon Magistrates Court, but his legal team were there to fight his case.
Now a cricketing pundit, Warne, of Randolph Mews, Maida Vale, faces a summons of driving the silver 3-litre Jaguar at 47mph in a 40mph zone.
The court heard a speed camera clocked him over the limit at 6.29am on August 23, last year on the A40 Ranelagh Bridge slip road.
He was originally convicted under behind-closed-doors Single Justice Procedure rules, but had the case re-opened so he could fight it.
His lawyer Tim Grey claimed the trial should be adjourned so Warne can obtain an independent expert report to counter the Crown Prosecution Service.
“There is no camera, no expert report or expert her today I can cross-examine,” he told Deputy District Judge Adrian Turner.
“You should exclude all the evidence in this case. We have had no opportunity to deal with it.
“As a matter of principal it is wrong the prosecution are not serving key evidence on us.”
If he receives points on his licence Warne risks a driving disqualification under the toting procedure due to previous motoring convictions.
The judge dismissed Warne’s application and the prosecution case began, but it quickly transpired the CPS have never served the original summons they sent to the hire firm to the defence.
Using a cricketing analogy the judge announced: “At four minutes to one I’m going to pull up stumps and say play will resume on a later date.”
The case was fixed for a three-hour trial on September 23.
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