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Ed Sheeran Fined for Failing to Insure 'Inoperable' 1966 Aston Martin
The singer said he believed the restoration workshop’s insurance covered the car as a magistrate imposed a £666 fine and costs.
- Singer-Songwriter Ed Sheeran was convicted and fined by Bradford Magistrates' Court for failing to insure his classic 1966 Aston Martin. Magistrate Jacqueline Whittle ordered him to pay a £666 fine, £100 costs, and a £266 victim surcharge.
- Sheeran handed over the silver vehicle to Aston Workshop Ltd in 2021 for an electric conversion, and the car has remained inoperable and off public roads since. He believed the workshop's insurance policies provided sufficient coverage.
- Describing the issue as a "genuine administrative misunderstanding," Sheeran apologized for taking up court resources. He insisted he never received the DVLA's initial offer of an out-of-court fine, which he claimed he would have paid immediately.
- Sheeran's case was dealt with on Friday, July 31, under the Single Justice Procedure without a formal court hearing. He was among 1,451 people across England and Wales convicted last week of failing to insure their vehicles.
- The singer declared the vehicle off-road with a SORN notice on February 1. Sheeran argued there was "no risk to third party members of the public arising from the uninsured driving of the vehicle" since the car remained within the workshop's control.
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Ed Sheeran was sentenced to the payment of a financial penalty for not having provided for his Aston Martin, a vintage car from 1966, during the period when the vehicle was subjected to a restoration and conversion operation to electric propulsion. According to what emerged during the hearing held before the Court [...] The article Ed Sheeran sentenced to the payment of a fine: he did not assure his Aston Martin of 1966. The songwriter defended …
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Ed Sheeran fined by court over classic Aston Martin insurance blunder
The Shape Of You singer was ordered to pay £666 for not insuring his 1966 Aston Martin while it was being restored and converted to an electric car.
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