The police chief, who promised speeding measures, was caught alone – five times

A Tory police chief who vowed to fight speeding has been caught driving too fast five times in three months.

Caroline Henry, Nottinghamshire Commissioner of Police and Crime (PCC), was caught violating the 30-mile limit in a blue Mercedes and a silver Lexus with a personalized number between March and June last year.

The five crimes were committed while she was campaigning for a new Commissioner for Crime and after she was elected to this role in May 2021.

Ms Henry, 52, confessed to the crimes, including two in a row, at a previous hearing in February in Nottingham Magistrates’ Court.

Magistrates were told that Ms Henry, the wife of Darren Henry, a Brockstow MP, had written a letter to the court saying she was “very sorry, ashamed and ashamed”.

Her lawyer, Noel Philo, said the letter was written on “advice I did not give”.

On her official PCC website, Ms Henry cited providing the police with an “effective and efficient” response to speeding as one of her priorities. She campaigned using the slogan “Make Notts Safe” and vowed to “reduce crime with action, not words”.