Liam Payne photographed in Dubai on Jan. 21, 2023.Photo:Samir Hussein/Getty

Pictured: Liam Payne in Dubai on Jan. 21, 2023

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Payne, 30, was seen at the time driving a Ford pick-up truck in the Shepherd’s Bush neighborhood of London, where he was going 43 mph in a 30 mph zone, the outlet said.

In addition to the driving ban, Payne had to pay a monetary fine, perThe Evening Standard. The singer was not required to appear in court.

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Pictured: Liam Payne at the ‘All Of Those Voices’ U.K. premiere

Payne, in a message to the court, wrote that he “did not realize the speed limit and apologize for speeding,” theStandardsaid.

PEOPLE reached out to both Payne’s representatives as well as the U.K. Ministry of Justice for comment, but neither immediately responded.

The singer last made headlines in August when he had tocancel his South American tourdue to a “serious kidney infection.”

“Hey guys this really is the last news I want to be telling you but basically I’ve been a little bit unwell recently and I ended up in the hospital with a bad kidney infection,” henoted in a videoposted to X (formerly known as Twitter). “We’ve started rehearsals and I’ve just been advised that now’s really not the right time to be out on the road trying to recover from this.”

Payne and his team have not made any announcements regarding rescheduled tour dates in the wake of the cancellation.

source: people.com