Stormzy, the British rapper foormally known as Michael Ebenazer Owuo Junior, has been fined £533 after being caught using his mobile phone while driving his £400,000 Ferrari Purosangue in Kingston upon Thames on November 10.. The 32-year-old appeared at Croydon Magistrates' Court, where he pleaded guilty to not having proper control of his vehicle. This marks his second offence for using a phone at the wheel, folloing a nine-month driving ban handed down in January 2025.

A £533 fine and a second mobile-phone driving conviction for Stormzy

According to court papers, Stormzy was pulled over by Metropolitan Police officer PC Glen Lambert at 9:25am on November 10 near his home in Kingston upon Thames. The officer stated that he saw the rapper inputting an address into his phone's maps application while stationary in traffic. Stormzy pleaded guilty in writing, stating in mitigation: "I accept I was putting a location in the map." Magistrate Lynn Keane fined him £533,added £120 costs and a £213 victim surcharge, and applied three penalty points to his licence. The total court bill of £866 must be paid within a month.

How PC Glen Lambert spotted the Ferrari driver inputting an address

In a statement read in court, PC Lambert said: "As I passed the vehicle on the offside to filter through traffic I noticed the driver was inputting an address on his maps application on his mobile phone." He added that from the vehicle's movements he was satisfied the standard of driving had fallen below that of a driver in full, careful control. The incident occurred while Stormzy was driving his black Ferrari Purosangue, a supercar valued at approximately £400,000. This was only a month after the rapper had run out of petrol in the same Ferrari on Putney High Street, where he staged an impromptu meet-and-greet with fans.

A nine-month ban already on record: Stormzy's 2025 Rolls-Royce incident

As the source reports, this is not Stormzy's first brush with the law for using a phone at the wheel. in January 2025, he was banned from driving for nine months after an off-duty police officer caught him on his phone while driving a Rolls-Royce in West Kensington. He was handed a £2,010 court bill after pleading guilty and also admitting a second charge of having overly tinted windows on that vehicle. Separately, he previously admitted driving a £200,000 Lamborghini Urus with front windows tinted to only 4% light transmission, violating the legal 70% requirement. That incident occurred on Coombe Lane, Kingston upon Thames, in October 2023, after he had already been warned about the windows.

The broader picture : 1,195 motorists prosecuted in one month for similar offences

According to separate court documents cited in the report, 1,195 motorists have been prosecuted in the last month for either not having proper control of their vehicles or using a mobile phone at the wheel. Those cases resulted in fines totalling almost £180,000 and 58 driving bans. Stormzy's case, while high-profile, is part of a wider enforcement effort by police in London and across the UK. The question remains whether the penalties—especially for wealthy repeat offenders—act as a sufficient deterrent given the serious safety risks of distracted driving.

What the court record doesn't reveal about Stormzy's repeat offences

While the source provides detailed accounts of Stormzy's three driving-related convictions in as many years, it does not clarify whether the rapper has since complied with the terms of his previous ban, nor whether any additional charges are pending related to his driving record. The report also does not include comment from Stormzy or his representatives beyond the written mitigation statement.. It remains unclear what steps, if any, he has taken to modify his behaviour behind the wheel.