By John Stevens PUBLISHED: 12:23 EST, 1 November 2013 | UPDATED: 07:26 EST, 2 November 2013 Banned: Andrew Howie, 35, here pictured selling his supermarket-stocked milkshakes, has been banned from driving for six months and forced to pay £1,000 A driver caught doing 130mph with a cup of tea between his  legs told a court he had been  surprised to find the expensive Mercedes he was driving did not have a cup holder. Andrew Howie, who owns an organic milkshake company, was travelling home after dropping his brother at the airport for an early morning flight. The 35-year-old bought a cup of tea but ended up holding it between his legs after he found there was nowhere to put it in his mother’s E-class Mercedes, which he was borrowing.
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Andrew Howie drove his mother's luxury Mercedes Benz E-Class at 130mph to get from Stansted Airport to his home in Tiptree, Essex at 4am
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He is the director of fresh milkshake company Shaken Udder that stocks for stores including Waitrose, Sainsbury's, Harrods, and Fortnum & Mason
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The 35-year-old said he was surprised the car didn't have cup holders
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He received seven points on his licence, a £1,000 fine, and £190 costs
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