R2D2 DONE FOR DRINK-DRIVING Feb 26 2005
THE force was with Star Wars’ R2D2 star Kenny Baker – when police nicked him for drink-driving. Kenny, 70, was spotted weaving across the road after downing two glasses of wine. The 3ft 8in actor – robot R2D2 in five Star Wars films – was yesterday given a one-year road ban and told to pay £110 fines and costs. After signing autographs outside court, he joked: “I’m on the lookout for a lady chauffeur, but I’d prefer it if she was 2ft 6in.”
Kenny will give his Mercedes to his son and sell a Rolls-Royce. He added: “I did break the law, so I have to be punished.”
The actor, of Ashton-on-Ribble, Lancs, was pulled over in nearby Leyland in December following a theatre rehearsal.
A blood test showed he had 92 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80mg.
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