Nick Freeman has made millions getting his celebrity clients off drink-drive charges and other motoring offences. He became a prosecutor for Greater Manchester Police after he graduated in law in 1979.
Then used his forensic knowledge of the Road Traffic Act to defend motorists and - ironically - became the scourge of GMP. His courtroom skills soon brought him to the attention of celebrity clients.
In 1999 he hit the big time when he famously helped David Beckham avoid a speeding rap, claiming he was fleeing the paparazzi for ten miles through Cheshire.
He earned his nickname - Mr Loophole - by defending other big name celebrities, often using technicalities and highlighting procedural errors that force magistrates to throw cases out.
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