Judge accepts eye surgeon’s driving ban is short-sighted

A top eye surgeon saw her driving ban overturned after she convinced an Old Bailey judge she cannot do her job without a car. Mahboub Hawkes, 74, was clocked doing 27mph in a 20mph zone in her Jaguar XJ saloon near Monument, central London on 3 September last year. Ms Hawkes was disqualified from driving for six months and fined £660 after she totted up 12 points on her licence. The Harley Street surgeon, who trained at UCLA, California and…