THE master huntsman son of rock star Bryan Ferry has appeared in court charged with a motoring offence which puts him at risk of a driving ban.

Pro-hunting Charles Ferry, often called by his middle name Otis, appeared at Worcester Magistrates Court yesterday where he denied a motoring offence.

The 28-year-old son of the Roxy Music frontman is alleged to have failed to give information about the identity of the driver of a Mitsubishi Shogun which was involved in a speeding offence in Droitwich.

Ferry, of Easton Mascott, Cross Houses, Shrewsbury, already has six penalty points on his licence and the court hearing was to decide on whether to disqualify him from driving.

He was given a further six points for failing to provide the information at a court hearing in his absence on November 19 last year which meant he was eligible for a driving ban under the totting-up system.

The case was originally adjourned until December 17 for a further hearing but the case then had to be adjourned until yesterday because neither Ferry nor his solicitor could get to court because of heavy snow.

But at the hearing Ferry’s solicitor, Barry Warburton, made an application to set aside the conviction against him for failing to give the identity between June 11 and June 17.

The Shogun was clocked at 57mph on a 50mph road.

Mr Warburton said: “He accepts he received a request for the identity of the driver.

"He was unaware of the summons. It simply didn’t reach him. There’s a considerable problem with the post in his area.”

After a short adjournment for Ferry to make a statutory declaration that he was not the driver and had previously identified the driver as an employee who was also insured to drive the vehicle, he then denied the charge.

Liam Finch, prosecuting, said: “The issue isn’t that we have failed to send correspondence out – it’s that it has not been received.”

Ferry, who was smartly dressed in a long black coat, black-rimmed designer spectacles, a blue shirt, a V-neck jumper and a red tie appeared calm and collected throughout the hearing in which he swore on oath he had identified the driver of the Shogun.

District judge Bruce Morgan ordered the prosecution to serve papers on the defence within seven days and the defence to notify the Crown Prosecution Service whether any witnesses are required and to provide evidence that the employee was insured to drive the Shogun.

The case was set for trial at Worcester Magistrates Court on Tuesday, February 1.