Sir Idris Elba has been fined after he was caught breaking a 20mph speed limit while riding his electric moped along Chelsea Embankment in central London. After hiring specialist motoring-offence lawyers to plead his case with a magistrate, Sir Idris was fined £147 at Westminster magistrates’ court last Thursday. The police presented three images to the court that showed Sir Idris riding a BMW moped at 28mph along Chelsea Embankment near to Cheyne Walk, on a stretch of road with a 20mph speed limit. According to court papers, Sir Idris’s moped triggered a speed camera at 10.12am on June 21 last year. “The speed recorded was 28mph on a 20mph road,” a police statement said.

Source: The Star January 28, 2026 01:27 UTC