Stormzy has been fined after being caught by police using his mobile phone while driving his £400,000 Ferrari. The rapper, whose real name is Michael Ebenazer Owuo Junior, was pulled over by a Metropolitan Police constable last November near his home in Kingston upon Thames.
The officer noticed Stormzy typing an address into his phone's map application while stationary in traffic. The 32-year-old admitted the offence at the roadside. At Croydon Magistrates' Court, he pleaded guilty to not having proper control of his vehicle. Magistrate Lynn Keane fined him £533, plus £120 costs and a £213 victim surcharge, and added three penalty points to his licence.
According to court papers, Pc Glen Lambert stated that he saw the driver was “distracted and no longer in proper control” of the black Ferrari Purosangue. The officer noted that Stormzy confirmed he had been setting a route on his maps and had only just picked up the device.
This is the second time Stormzy has been penalised for a mobile phone offence. In March 2024, he was caught by an off-duty police officer using a hand-held device while driving his Rolls Royce Wraith. He received a nine-month driving ban and was ordered to pay a £2,010 fine.
