Police struggled to track down former Top Gear and Grand Tour presenter Richard Hammond after he was caught breaking the law twice in the space of just a few weeks.
Speeding tickets were sent to the TV star's Grade II listed Bollitree Castle at Weston under Penyard after he was clocked speeding while behind the wheels of a Porsche and a Bentley.
They were also sent to a £1million farm estate nearby after the offences, both in December last year, court documents reveal.
But both were returned marked "addressee gone away".
Hammond was previously reported to have moved out of the family home at Weston under Penyard after he and wife Mindy announced they would be divorcing at the start of 2025.
Hammond later confirmed to audiences of TV show Richard Hammond's Workshop, filmed at his Smallest Cog garage in Rotherwas, that he was living elsewhere.
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Speaking to viewers during the first episode of series 5 of the show in October last year, Hammond said he wanted to "get something out of the way straight away".
"There has been a slight change in my circumstances recently," he said, explaining that he has now got divorced and that, as a result, he was living away from Bollitree Castle, the home he shared with wife Mindy and daughters Izzy and Willow.
"I like it," Hammond said at the time, speaking from the stone-built cottage surrounded by countryside in Herefordshire.
"It's got amazing views, a place to keep some of my cars and bikes, and best of all it's closer to the workshop."
Earlier this year, he was confirmed to have moved again, this time to an impressive £2million mansion near Abergavenny, complete with a boating lake and tennis court.
He was eventually tracked down to this address, where it was noted that more than 30 vehicles are currently registered, court documents revealed.
Hammond faced prosecution for two counts of speeding and two counts of failing to identify himself as the driver.
His Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo had been clocked at 68mph in a 50mph limit on the A40 in Pencraig, Herefordshire.
And, at around 11.45am on December 22, Hammond’s Bentley Continental GT was speeding at 82mph in a 70mph limit on the Rudhall Overbridge in Herefordshire.
The presenter’s solicitor wrote to the court, stating: "He replied identifying himself as the driver.
"He sent the reply by First Class post.
"He posted the reply himself."
The presenter’s solicitor pleaded guilty to the speeding charges and denied the other two offences.
The police later withdrew those charges.
Hammond was ultimately convicted of the speeding offences under the Single Justice Procedure, a fast-track process for dealing with less serious criminal cases.
At Telford Magistrates’ Court last week, he was handed seven penalty points for his licence.
Magistrate Ann Minton ordered him to pay a total of £1,771, comprising two fines of £333 and £666, £240 in costs and victim surcharges totalling £532.
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