Sugababe Keisha Buchanan banned for speeding on M6

Jul 22 2009 By Jeanette Oldham

SUGABABE Keisha Buchanan has been disqualified from driving after admitting speeding in the Midlands.

The 24-year-old singer was caught doing 85mph on a temporary 50mph stretch of the M6 in Warwickshire.

She pleaded guilty to exceeding a 30mph limit on a restricted road at a hearing at Nuneaton Magistrates Court.

Londoner Buchanan was fined £1,250, ordered to pay £70 costs, and disqualified from driving for 21 days.

The court heard how speed cameras captured Buchanan on the M6 in her Landrover at 85mph on January 4. The temporary speed limit was 50 mph.

A spokesman for the Crown Prosecution Service West Midlands confirmed that the singer had appeared at Nuneaton Magistrates Court pleaded guilty to the driving offence.

Buchanan is one of three singers in the successful pop band Sugababes. The female trio have had hits including Round Round, Push the Button, Hole in the Head and Freak Like Me.