Game of Thrones actor Harry Lloyd has avoided a driving ban despite accumulating 15 penalty points on his licence after being caught speeding twice in one day. The 41-year-old, who played Viserys Targaryen in the HBO series, was driving his £40,000 BMW on the A205 in Clapham, southwest London, last November.
Lloyd was recorded at 24mph and later 25mph on the same evening, both in a 20mph zone. He already had nine points from previous offences. At Lavender Hill Magistrates Court, he admitted the two speeding charges, explaining that he was distracted by family issues, including his one-year-old son being in hospital on Thanksgiving Day.
The actor told the court his wife is American and does not have a UK driving licence, and that his children had various medical appointments. He said driving was the most comfortable option for his seven-year-old daughter. Magistrate Anna Troiano decided not to disqualify him but warned that any further speeding offence would lead to an automatic ban.
Lloyd was fined £384 and ordered to pay a £154 victim surcharge and £130 in costs, totalling £668. He promised to be 'very, very careful' in future. Lloyd, the great-great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens, has also appeared in The Hollow Crown and The Theory of Everything.
