Former Coronation Street actress Helen Flanagan was banned from driving for six months despite claiming she couldn't afford it because her job is 'being a mummy at home'. The actress, best known for her role as Rosie Webster in the ITV soap, said her ex-footballer boyfriend Robbie Talbot was driving her £66,000 Audi Q7 when it was caught speeding twice in 17 days last June.
Former Coronation Street actress Helen Flanagan was banned from driving for six months despite claiming she couldn't afford it due to her job being 'being a mummy at home'. Flanagan, best known for her role as Rosie Webster in the ITV soap, stated that her ex-footballer boyfriend Robbie Talbot was driving her £66,000 Audi Q7 when it was caught speeding twice in 17 days last June.
Flanagan was supported by Mr Talbot at Wirral Magistrates' Court today, where she faced two charges of failing to give information relating to the identification of a driver. Magistrates said they were not satisfied a ban would cause Flanagan, who already had six points on her licence, exceptional hardship and also ordered her to pay a £2,000 fine, £800 victim surcharge and £110 prosecution costs. Flanagan explained the remote location of her Bolton home meant she would 'really struggle without a car'. The mother-of-three said she was 'struggling' financially and would not be able to afford taxis to take her youngest son Charlie to nursery. She added: 'My job really is being a mum at home. Their dad works away. It's really difficult at the moment now for me to be earning money. I earn money on social media but it kind of varies what I earn.' Flanagan stated that she had told Mr Talbot, who sat at the back of court for the hearing, he needed to reply to police when she had received the speeding fines. She said: 'I very stupidly and naively thought it was acceptable for my boyfriend to reply on my behalf to explain to the police it was him that (was) driving, it wasn't me.' The actress said she saw had anxiety and ADHD. She said: 'I do struggle with anxiety and I have terrible OCD. I do really, really struggle with my ADHD so it does really impact my life in general really.' When asked, she said an Uber to the nursery cost about £10. She added: 'If I was doing that all the time it would be very, very expensive for me.' Flanagan said she would need to contact her accountant for details on exactly how much she earned but said last year she made 'about 70'. She said she also needed the car to take her two older children to after-school activities, go to her therapist in Birmingham and meet her ex-partner, footballer Scott Sinclair, at a service station in Birmingham when the children went to stay with him. Asked if she had spoken to Sinclair about whether other arrangements could be made when he saw their children, Flanagan said: 'No, I haven't. I've got a very difficult relationship with my ex-partner. It's very, very draining.' Patrick Boyers, defending, said: 'She is a single mother of three children and she is doing her best. 'I would invite you to see round the haze of social media influencer branding. I would invite you to look at this case on the cold, hard facts of who is in front of you and I would invite you to find that exceptional hardship is a real possibility.' Flanagan nodded when she was sentenced and offered to pay the fine in £1,000 monthly instalments. She was given six penalty points for each offence. She appeared shocked and red-faced as she turned and left the courtroom, not acknowledging Mr Talbot, who followed her. The actress did not respond to press requests for comment. Flanagan shares three children, Matilda, Delilah and Charlie, with ex-fiancé and ex-Premier League footballer Scott Sinclair. In 2022, she revealed a wedding date had finally been confirmed for them, but their relationship came to an end in November 2023.
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