Actress Liz Hurley's Model Nephew Caught Drink-Driving

The model nephew of actress Liz Hurley was caught drink-driving by police, alerted to his erratic midnight driving in his two-litre BMW, court heard.

Miles Hurley, 27, was speeding up and slowing in the 20mph zone, tailgating cars in front after enjoying drinks with his football teammates.

The six-foot son of Liz’s older sister Kate Curren has strutted the Dolce & Gabbana catwalk and more recently was pictured with cousin Damian Hurley at the luxury Italian fashion brand’s DG Logo Bag cocktail party launch.

He also accompanied his famous aunt at ‘The Royals’ New York series premiere, the US series in which Liz plays an imaginary Queen of England.

Hurley appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court on Friday under his mother’s married name of Curran.

He pleaded guilty to driving his grey BMW Gran Coupe SE with excess alcohol in his breath in Lambeth on April 14.

Hurley had 45 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath - the legal limit is 35.

He still resides in the same Nile Elms neighbourhood where he was stabbed in 2018, losing six pints of blood during a road rage attack for which nobody has been prosecuted.

Prosecutor Sophie Thompson told the court: “It was around midnight when officers’ attention was too drawn to a vehicle because the car was speeding up and slowing down and was very close to other vehicles.

“The driver was pulled over and alcohol was smelled on the breath of this defendant and he failed a roadside breath test for alcohol and was arrested and taken into custody.

“An aggravating factor is that there was an unacceptable standard of driving in that he was speeding and tailgating other vehicles.

“The officers said he was driving at an excess speed.”

Hurley’s lawyer Mark Haslam handed in character references on behalf of his client and said: “I am slightly troubled by the way the prosecution suggest the manner of driving was an aggravating factor.

“This took place just after midnight when there was not much traffic around in a 20mph zone so because of the nature of the road it is not possible for the defendant to have been travelling at a vastly excessive speed.

The officer simply says ‘at some speed’ without offering an estimate. It is not quite the picture that has been painted,” added the lawyer.

“The defendant accepts he should not have been driving, but when asked to stop he did so immediately and was fully co-operative with the police from the beginning.

“The defendant is of good character and the irony is he played in a football match and had some drinks afterwards and then a meal on the night in question.

“He did not drink for a while and then took the decision to go home, which he accepts was a misjudged decision to drive, although it was a relatively short journey.

“You will see a true assessment of the character of this young man in the references, his positive good character,” said Mr Haslam.

The court heard Hurley earns £750 per week from his employment with an estate agent and a property-related business he started with friends.

“He will not lose his job, but there will be a very significant impact everyday on his working life. Each day he will be restricted from what he was able to do.

“He is going to suffer financially because of the restriction of the disqualification. His income will be reduced as he will not be able to work to his full ability.”

Hurley was fined £750, with £85 costs, ordered to pay a £300 victim surcharge and disqualified for twelve months.

“It is very disappointing to see you here, the first time you have been in court and hopefully the last,” magistrate Stephen Roberts told him.

“This was a stupid mistake. An expensive mistake.”