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Singer Will Young has been banned from driving after a man had to jump clear of his car which then crashed into a parked vehicle.
The 39-year-old was driving on the A68 through the Borders when the incident happened near Earlston on January 21.
Jedburgh Sheriff Court was told that the singer mistook a bollard for the central reservation.
He drove into a lay-by, which had a parked car in it, at about 40 miles per hour before realising his mistake.
Conditions were described as "fairly poor", with it being dark with snow.
Procurator fiscal Graham Fraser told how the owner of the parked Nissan Qashqai was returning from a friend's farm and crossing the lay-by at the time.
He then had to "jump clear to avoid being struck".
The court heard the entertainer braked to avoid hitting the man and lost control of his Mercedes G-Class.
'Momentary lapse'
Young's 4x4 was damaged but he "wrote off" the Nissan in the crash, the court heard.
His lawyer said "clearly he made a mistake" in relation to mistaking the bollards - which marked the entry to the lay-by - as the central reservation.
The court heard the singer had been "extremely apologetic" for his "momentary loss of control" and sheltered the man from the cold in his car before calling the police.
Young pleaded guilty in March at Selkirk Sheriff Court to driving without due care as well as at excessive speed for the weather conditions and for entering a lay-by, before appearing at the Jedburgh court for sentencing on Monday.
Sheriff J Euan Edment imposed five penalty points for the incident and banned him from driving for six months.
Young already had 11 points on his licence as well as a drink-driving conviction from 1998.
A disqualification comes if 12 or more penalty points are built up within three years.
Sheriff Edment said: "I understand it's been a momentary lapse in concentration.
"To your credit you pled guilty from the outset. You took the man into your car - dealt with in in a very honourable and responsible manner."
Young, who won TV singing contest Pop Idol, was also fined £600.
A DnD on the License as well as 11 points ,Well at least that will be the End of Bus Drivers shouting at him while he is Driving ..
The 39-year-old was driving on the A68 through the Borders when the incident happened near Earlston on January 21.
Jedburgh Sheriff Court was told that the singer mistook a bollard for the central reservation.
He drove into a lay-by, which had a parked car in it, at about 40 miles per hour before realising his mistake.
Conditions were described as "fairly poor", with it being dark with snow.
Procurator fiscal Graham Fraser told how the owner of the parked Nissan Qashqai was returning from a friend's farm and crossing the lay-by at the time.
He then had to "jump clear to avoid being struck".
The court heard the entertainer braked to avoid hitting the man and lost control of his Mercedes G-Class.
'Momentary lapse'
Young's 4x4 was damaged but he "wrote off" the Nissan in the crash, the court heard.
His lawyer said "clearly he made a mistake" in relation to mistaking the bollards - which marked the entry to the lay-by - as the central reservation.
The court heard the singer had been "extremely apologetic" for his "momentary loss of control" and sheltered the man from the cold in his car before calling the police.
Young pleaded guilty in March at Selkirk Sheriff Court to driving without due care as well as at excessive speed for the weather conditions and for entering a lay-by, before appearing at the Jedburgh court for sentencing on Monday.
Sheriff J Euan Edment imposed five penalty points for the incident and banned him from driving for six months.
Young already had 11 points on his licence as well as a drink-driving conviction from 1998.
A disqualification comes if 12 or more penalty points are built up within three years.
Sheriff Edment said: "I understand it's been a momentary lapse in concentration.
"To your credit you pled guilty from the outset. You took the man into your car - dealt with in in a very honourable and responsible manner."
Young, who won TV singing contest Pop Idol, was also fined £600.
A DnD on the License as well as 11 points ,Well at least that will be the End of Bus Drivers shouting at him while he is Driving ..
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'Momentary lapse' Looks Like he has had a Few looking at the Points on his Licence
Never heard any follow up on The Bus Driver Insult ? Why anyone would be out in Tipping snow in the Dead of night ? Very Strange ...
and he was out in the snow....pulled into a lay by and there was somebody standing around
outside his car, ...very strange indeed
outside his car, ...very strange indeed
Raceday presenter Robert Hogarth on Tuesday relived how he came close to being killed in a car accident involving popstar Will Young.
On Monday, Young, 39, pleaded guilty to careless driving and was given five penalty points, resulting in a six-month driving ban under the totting up procedure, after crashing into Hogarth’s parked car in a layby on the A68 near Earlston on the Scottish Borders on January 21.
Hogarth, 36, said on Tuesday he felt sorry for Young – whose number one singles include Light My Fire and Leave Right Now – as the singer could not have been nicer or more concerned for his welfare following the accident.
Robert Hogarth: "He said it was a bit like being in a horror movie as I was so nearly killed, and I actually hadn’t thought about that"
Robert Hogarth: "He said it was a bit like being in a horror movie as I was so nearly killed, and I actually hadn’t thought about that"
Hogarth, a former operations manager at Musselburgh who now works as a raceday presenter and for ITV Racing, said: “The weather was very snowy and I’d gone over to help a friend with his horses. He lives up a steep hill so I’d parked my car in a layby and he’d taken me up in his 4X4.
"He’d just dropped me off back at the car and I was stood by the passenger’s door when this car came into the layby going very fast and went straight into the back of my car. It was a big Mercedes G-Class and it shoved my car right up the bank.
“The driver stopped straight away and came running over and was incredibly concerned about how I was. I knew straight away that it was Will Young by his voice, rather than being a big fan of his music, and I know he used to ride and his dad used to run The Pheasant Inn in Lambourn.”
While Young was concerned for Hogarth's welfare, Hogarth himself was more worried about his new car, which he had only recently purchased.
Will Young leaves court after pleading guilty to careless driving
Will Young leaves court after pleading guilty to careless driving
“He really couldn’t have been nicer,” Hogarth said. “All I was concerned about was my car, as I’d only had it about four months. He phoned the police and asked if I wanted to sit in his car while we waited, but as I’d been helping with the horses I was wearing a smelly jacket and I kept apologising to him!
“He said it was a bit like being in a horror movie as I was so nearly killed, and I actually hadn’t thought about that. I was just about to put my jacket in the boot of the car, so it doesn’t bear thinking about what might have happened if I’d gone to do that sooner.”
Young was also fined £600 at Jedburgh Sheriff Court on Monday, and defence lawyer Stuart Munro said: "It was a momentary loss of control which led to the unfortunate events."
Hogarth added: “I can’t tell you how nice he was. He totally admitted responsibility and kept checking and rechecking that I was okay, so I feel very sorry for him getting a ban. It was just an accident.”
On Monday, Young, 39, pleaded guilty to careless driving and was given five penalty points, resulting in a six-month driving ban under the totting up procedure, after crashing into Hogarth’s parked car in a layby on the A68 near Earlston on the Scottish Borders on January 21.
Hogarth, 36, said on Tuesday he felt sorry for Young – whose number one singles include Light My Fire and Leave Right Now – as the singer could not have been nicer or more concerned for his welfare following the accident.
Robert Hogarth: "He said it was a bit like being in a horror movie as I was so nearly killed, and I actually hadn’t thought about that"
Robert Hogarth: "He said it was a bit like being in a horror movie as I was so nearly killed, and I actually hadn’t thought about that"
Hogarth, a former operations manager at Musselburgh who now works as a raceday presenter and for ITV Racing, said: “The weather was very snowy and I’d gone over to help a friend with his horses. He lives up a steep hill so I’d parked my car in a layby and he’d taken me up in his 4X4.
"He’d just dropped me off back at the car and I was stood by the passenger’s door when this car came into the layby going very fast and went straight into the back of my car. It was a big Mercedes G-Class and it shoved my car right up the bank.
“The driver stopped straight away and came running over and was incredibly concerned about how I was. I knew straight away that it was Will Young by his voice, rather than being a big fan of his music, and I know he used to ride and his dad used to run The Pheasant Inn in Lambourn.”
While Young was concerned for Hogarth's welfare, Hogarth himself was more worried about his new car, which he had only recently purchased.
Will Young leaves court after pleading guilty to careless driving
Will Young leaves court after pleading guilty to careless driving
“He really couldn’t have been nicer,” Hogarth said. “All I was concerned about was my car, as I’d only had it about four months. He phoned the police and asked if I wanted to sit in his car while we waited, but as I’d been helping with the horses I was wearing a smelly jacket and I kept apologising to him!
“He said it was a bit like being in a horror movie as I was so nearly killed, and I actually hadn’t thought about that. I was just about to put my jacket in the boot of the car, so it doesn’t bear thinking about what might have happened if I’d gone to do that sooner.”
Young was also fined £600 at Jedburgh Sheriff Court on Monday, and defence lawyer Stuart Munro said: "It was a momentary loss of control which led to the unfortunate events."
Hogarth added: “I can’t tell you how nice he was. He totally admitted responsibility and kept checking and rechecking that I was okay, so I feel very sorry for him getting a ban. It was just an accident.”
I do like the fact that Young drives a Mercedes G-Class (or, as they call it in Germany, a G-Wagen = pronounced "Gay Vuggen").
Fnarr fnarr, chortle chortle.
Fnarr fnarr, chortle chortle.
So this Geezer who knew young is out in the Middle of nowhere in the dead of night ,and young manages to smash into his car in a lay by ,and he knew him by his voice ??? 
https://www.racingpost.com/news/latest/racing-presenter-i-could-have-been-killed-when-pop-star-will-young-hit-my-car/333229
If Robert Hogarth is 36 I'll pack in betting! I'm no oil painting but if someone said he was 66 I'd believe them.
If Robert Hogarth is 36 I'll pack in betting! I'm no oil painting but if someone said he was 66 I'd believe them.
36??? 3 years younger than Will Young. Unbelievable. I'd believe 66 as well though.
fancy bumping into you here, do you come here often?
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