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[wwstwh]

Hi. I have managed to earn myself 9 points + a lucky escape of a course, and then of course went and won another 3 points as well.

Of course, I couldn't accept and pay for that last fine since I already had 9 points, so it will be referred to court. My questions are:

1) How long does it normally take, roughly when would a court date be likely - how long after the offence or after the FP offer expires?
2) Am I certain to face a ban unless I present a sob story about needing my car to save orphaned dolphins or whatever it is?
3) How long is this ban likely to be? I couldn't quite understand, is 6mo the minimum?

Many thanks, guys.

If it makes any difference, I went ten years with a clean licence and then got all my points in the space of a few months, most within a few weeks. All very silly. They were very late at night/early morning and on quiet roads and not like at 3pm outside a school or anything. I could quite fairly present a particular mental health reason behind my distraction and poor judgement, but I don't know how well that would work since it may just be taken to mean I should not have been driving at all.

Thanks,