Overview
- Hammond was convicted on 22 July 2026 after pleading guilty through his lawyers and was fined £999 with court costs and victim surcharges bringing the total to £1,771 while seven penalty points were added to his licence.
- Court papers show two speed-camera detections in Herefordshire in December 2025: a Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo at 68mph in a 50mph zone on December 2 and a Bentley Continental GT at 82mph in a 70mph zone on December 22.
- Officers initially sent notices to multiple addresses linked to Hammond, including Bollitree Castle and a nearby farm, which were returned as 'addressee gone away' before he was traced to the property near Abergavenny where many vehicles are registered.
- Prosecutors withdrew two separate charges that accused Hammond of failing to identify the driver after his solicitor told the court he had replied by post identifying himself.
- The case was dealt with under the Single Justice Procedure, a fast-track magistrates' process used for low-level offences that is decided without a public hearing, and the conviction adds to public interest because of Hammond’s past high-speed incidents.