Liberty X singer Jessica Pietersen beat a speeding charge after hiring celebrity lawyer Nick Freeman - known as ‘Mr Loophole’.
Jessica & Kevin Pietersen
The 45 year-old star, who is married to former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen, 45, did not appear at Lavender Hill Magistrates’ Court, where the case was dropped.
The mother-of-two, who lives in a £4.5m six-bedroom detached home on private Shrubbs Hill Lane, Sunningdale, Ascot had always fought the charge.
She was accused of driving her black three-litre diesel Land Rover in excess of the 20mph speed limit on the A4 Cromwell Road, near the junction with Kenway Road, Earl’s Court on November 21, last year.
The prosecution had alleged the Preston-born star was caught on a speed camera travelling at 28mph in the 20mph zone in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea.
Mr Freeman did not appear today, but his firm Freeman’s was instructed by Pietersen, who was represented by barrister Natalie Bird.
Prosecutor Mr John Shepherd told the court: “We will be offering no evidence for various technical reasons.”
“I have spoken to a Crown Prosecution Service manager and my instructions are to offer no evidence in relation to Mrs Pietersen and for the matter to be dismissed and that is all I have to say.”
Ms Bird also declined to explain why the case was dropped and applied for defence costs on behalf of the absent Pietersen.
“She has been paying privately for representation so there is an application for a defence sots order.”
Liberty X was formed when finishing runner-up to Hear’Say in 2001’s ‘Popstars’ reality show.
The group signed a multi-million pound record deal with Richard Branson’s V2 Records, releasing three albums seven Top 10 singles, including number one hit ‘Just a Little.’
In 2005 she appeared in BBC’s ’Strictly Ice Dancing’ and in 2009 ‘Dancing on Ice’.
Pietersen continues to perform as a Liberty X trio with Michelle Heaton and Kelli Young
On December 29, 2007 she married England cricketer Kevin Pietersen, 45,
She has two children, Dylan Blake, 15, and Rosie, 9.
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