Published 19:28 IST, July 24th 2020

Filmmaker Guy Ritchie banned from driving after being caught texting at wheel

Film director Guy Ritchie recently banned from driving for six months. This sentence was passed after the filmmaker was caught texting at the wheel.

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Filmmaker Guy Ritchie was just banned from driving for six months. Guy Ritchie got into trouble after a YouTuber who video shoots driving offenders recorded Guy texting while on wheel.  filmmaker alrey h nine points on his driver's license due to previous speeding-related offences. 

Guy Ritchie banned from driving for six months 

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On July 21, 2020, film director Guy Ritchie ple guilty in writing to Bromley magistrates. He was immediately punished with a half-year ban, meaning that he cant drive for six months. punishment was harsh as Guy Ritchie alrey h nine points on his license and was a repeat offender when it came to driving offences. 

YouTuber CyclingMikey, aka Cyclist Mike van Erp, has a channel that has 22,000 subscribers. On his channel, Mike van Erp shares videos of drivers who break law. He records ir offences on camera and n posts se videos on his YouTube channel. Mike van Erp recorded Guy Ritchie texting while driving in vember of 2019. This video was used as evidence against Guy Ritchie during hearing. 

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Mike van Erp was riding his bike at time when he filmed Guy Ritchie breaking traffic rules near Hyde Park. In video, Mike van Erp even confronts Guy Ritchie about his offence. Mike van Erp tells Ritchie that he should t be sending text messs while driving. Guy Ritchie n rolls his window back up and igres Mike's or questions. 

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During Guy Ritchie's hearing in court, Mike van Erp stated that he spotted Guy texting on his phone. Mike n stopped and whilst waiting for traffic to clear he could clearly see that driver was typing on his phone. That is when Mike crossed to driver’s side and confronted him. 

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On work front, Guy Ritchie is currently directing an upcoming action thriller film titled Cash Truck. movie is based on a 2004 French film of same name which was directed by Nicolas Boukhrief. film will star Jason Statham, Scott Eastwood, Holt McCallany, Jeffrey Dovan, and Laz Alonso. Cash Truck is set to release sometime in 2021. 

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19:29 IST, July 24th 2020