Corrie star Helen Flanagan 'faces driving ban after being caught speeding twice in 17 days'

Helen Flanagan, 34, will face court again in January and has been advised to get a lawyer. According to reports, the former Corrie star might face a driving ban

A former Coronation Street star could be facing a driving ban after being caught speeding twice in 17 days.

Actress and model Helen Flanagan was reportedly convicted in September of failing to respond to police notices of prosecution. She is said to have been asked to say who was driving her Audi Q7 when it was caught speeding in Liverpool on July 10 first and then on July 26.

The 34-year-old, known playing the role of Rosie Webster in the ITV soap opera from 2000 to 2012, reportedly insisted she thought her boyfriend Robbie Talbot, 45, had responded to the papers as he had been the driver. When asked whether she had seen the papers, she responded: "I think I did," according to reports.

However, she told Wirral prosecutors that she is "a busy working single mum" and couldn't remember clearly. Her partner told the court he responded on Helen's behalf, but prosecutors said police didn't receive the papers back, according to The Sun.

The newspaper reported that the actress will face court again in January and has been advised to get a lawyer. She might still face a driving ban, The Sun said. The Mirror has contacted Helen Flanagan's representative for comment on the latest claims.

It comes after Helen spoke out about a potential return to Coronation Street years after going on maternity leave in 2018. In an interview hosted by WhichBingo, she told The Sun: "I would absolutely love to go back to Coronation Street. I live now where I did growing up and I've moved around so much, you know, with my ex, football and stuff, so I'm back.

"But to be able to do Coronation Street, they would have to ask me back. Also if I went back and stuff, I'd want to be in a good storyline and what have you." She also said all her memories of Corrie are positive - as she credited the soap opera for helping "shape" her as a person.

Helen said: "I was on the show from when I was like nine years old, and then from being age 14, I was all in. I was in the big story lines. I went back when I was about 27 when I just had Matilda, and then I had to leave because I felt pregnant with Delilah after about 18 months. And I enjoyed it.

"But I think when I was younger, I always did like the big storylines, but when I look back, I was so lucky to be in that from such a young age. It really was such an incredible experience and it really shaped me as well."

She added: "I think I'll always kind of miss it, and I think it's almost having that excitement in your life, I've had that from such a young age I don't actually know any different. So all I've known since from being like a young age is either kind of being an actress or being in the public."

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