Black Mirror and Gangs Of London gangster Joe Cole, 37, admitted driving four miles over the speed limit, pleading guilty by the single justice procedure to the offence on May 28
Peaky Blinders‘ Joe Cole has pleaded guilty after being caught speeding in his BMW. The TV star was driving 24mph in a 20mph zone near Wandsworth Common, south London, in May this year, court documents show.
The 37-year-old, who portrays John Shelby in the smash hit drama series, has also appeared in Black Mirror and Gangs Of London. The star, who lives in Kingston-upon-Thames just a few miles away, admitted the offence, and wrote: “I am an actor and have been abroad for the last few months.
“I have not received relevant documentation for me to pay the fine for this offence.” Those court documents indicated that he would not attend court. The case will be handed to a magistrate to decide what penalty he will receive.
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Earlier this year, the Government unveiled a fresh road safety strategy, targeting a reduction in fatalities and serious injuries on Britain’s roads by 65% come 2035.
The strategy disclosed plans for a new edition of best practice guidance on setting local speed limits, hinting at potential significant alterations to the default 30mph limit on urban roads.
A poll conducted by insurance comparison specialists at Quotezone.co.uk revealed that a hefty 66% of participants were against the idea of downgrading key 30mph roads to 20mph.
A crucial character across four seasons of the Peaky Blinders, Joe revealed his reason for exiting the TV show in 2017, sharing: “With Peaky Blinders I never really got out of the gates in that role. It’s Cillian’s show really. This show [Gangs of London] is more ensemble, it follows characters on a deep level.”
He added to Metro: “I’ve spent the last few years turning down gang related shows because when a show does well you get offered quite a lot of them. I actually chose to leave Peaky Blinders because I wanted to explore new avenues, and new characters and new stories.”
In a separate interview with Radio Times, Joe shared: “In society we’re told to play by the rules and live your life in a certain way. For me, it was a no-brainer. I was missing out on some stuff, and I felt like I had exhausted this character.”
Bad boy Shelby isn’t the only popular gangster that Joe has portrayed on screen.
The star made a massive impact as titular gangster Sean Wallace in the wildly popular series Gangs of London.
“People used to come up to me and go, ‘You’re that bloke from Peaky Blinders,’ but I’m thinking, ‘My best work is in other stuff.’ There’s more to me than this.”
Peaky Blinders was inspired by a real-life gang that operated in Birmingham, England, after World War I. After ending on somewhat of a make-of-it-what-you-will cliffhanger, a feature-length film Peaky Blinders movie called The Immortal Man, is deep in the works.
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