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Helen Flanagan rides in a taxi after being slapped with driving ban and says her son is the 'only man who will have my heart' after claiming her boyfriend was the one speeding


The Coronation Street actress, 34, was handed the suspension on Wednesday at Wirral Magistrates' Court, after her pleas the ban would cause her 'exceptional hardship' were dismissed.

Helen, best known for her role as Rosie Webster in the ITV soap, claimed her boyfriend Robbie Talbot was driving her £66,000 Audi Q7 when it was caught speeding twice in 17 days last June. The actress appeared flushed as she left the courtroom after magistrates dismissed her pleas for leniency so she could ferry her children about, take them to meet their footballer father Scott Sinclair, and travel to therapy. Of the failure to complete the forms, for which she was found guilty through the single justice procedure in which courts deal with motoring cases behind closed doors, Helen added: 'I'm really sorry, I was so stupid.

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