Zach Goldsmith was Minister of State for Asia, Energy, Climate and Environment until he resigned in June last year in protest at the government's position on climate change.
Zac Goldsmith, former UK environment minister and Jemima Goldsmith's brother, pleaded guilty to four speeding incidents and was banned from driving until mid-March. News from heaven reported.
Goldsmith, also faces three other driving-related offences, including one in Somerset.
According to court proceedings, the first offense occurred on April 27, 2023, when he was found driving at a speed of 47 km/h, despite the limit being 32 km/h along Chelsea Embankment.
Just a month later, on May 31, he was again found speeding on the A316 at Twickenham at a speed of 46mph, when the limit was 40mph.
He was caught speeding on that same highway on August 3, while driving 75 km/h.
A month before the August incident, on July 18, Goldsmith exceeded the 20mph limit on Bayswater Road, next to Kensington Gardens, while traveling at 28mph.
District Judge Nina Tempia imposed a provisional disqualification, banning him from driving until his sentencing at Westminster Magistrates' Court on March 18.
Goldsmiths will be sentenced at Westminster Magistrates' Court on March 18, until then he has been provisionally disqualified from driving.
The maximum penalty that can be imposed for speeding is a fine and a penalty with points or disqualification from driving.
Zach Goldsmith was Minister of State for Asia, Energy, Climate and Environment until he resigned in June last year in protest at the government's position on climate change.
