‘Hollyoaks’ actress Helen Pearson has been banned from driving, after being found to be nearly three times over the legal limit while driving on a motorway.
The star, who plays Frankie Osborne on the Channel 4 soap, was stopped by police on the M6 in Staffordshire, where it was also uncovered she was driving without insurance.
Helen Pearson
According to The Mirror, the actress has now pled guilty to driving while over the limit and driving without insurance at North Staffordshire Justice Centre in Stoke-on-Trent.
Helen has been banned from driving for 26 weeks and has been ordered to complete 120 hours unpaid work.
She was also fined £500 for the insurance offence, as well as £85 in costs, £150 in criminal court charges and a £60 victim surcharge.
Helen joined ‘Hollyoaks’ in 2002, after a stint in ‘Emmerdale’.
She’s also had roles in ‘EastEnders’, ‘The Darling Buds of May’, ‘A Touch of Frost’, ‘Murder in Mind’ and ‘Inspector Morse’.
Helen as Frankie Osborne
Helen’s offences are the latest controversy to hit the soap, after her co-star Stephanie Davis was axed after turning up to work drunk.
Producers terminated her contract with immediate effect last week, and the actress - who plays Sinead Roscoe - will not film any final scenes.