An airport parking driver from Slough has been banned from driving after he was caught driving at 145 mph on the motorway.
Navdeep Singh Randhawa, 31, was more than twice over the motorway limit of 70mph at a speed "not many courts will have seen", magistrates said.
Mr Randhawa was caught by a speedometer shortly after 3am on 6 October last year on the westbound carriageway of the M4 near Heathrow.
The defendant, who already has six points on his licence, was sentenced in his absence after he failed to appear at Willesden Magistrates' Court.
The 31-year-old emailed the court at the end of January pleading to keep his licence, explaining that he would lose his job if disqualified from driving.
In the email, he said: "I'm regretful of my behaviour on the road - I'm currently going through a divorce, my marriage is breaking down and I'm going through a depression. I've lost my business so I'm financially struggling and my behaviour towards myself is not good.
"Please accept my sincere apologies for my mistake - I work as an airport parking driver and if I lose my licence, I will have no work. Please consider giving me one last chance - I will not repeat my mistake."
But magistrates banned him from driving for a year despite the email, "in view of the speed" of 145mph.
