‘The Brakes Don’t Work:’ Richard Aschcroft banned for speeding

A judge slammed The Verve’s Richard Ashcroft for ‘endangering road users’ and failing to attend court after he was caught speeding in his £120,000 Mercedes Benz G Class. The Bitter Sweet Symphony singer, 54, was caught doing 48mph in a 40mph zone on the M4 in Brentford, west London, just before midnight on February 19 last year. Ashcroft, who lives in a £4million mansion in Richmond, south west London, did not appear at Lavender Hill Magistrates’ Court today but was…