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Canto-pop star Nicholas Tse Ting-fung yesterday lost his driving licence for six months after pleading guilty to one charge of careless driving.

The celebrity appeared at a Tsuen Wan court  packed with  paparazzi, and admitted responsibility for wrecking a lawyer's car in June last year.

He was convicted and fined $4,000 and disqualified from driving for six months.

The accident occurred on the morning of June 29 last year as Tse was driving to Chek Lap Kok airport to catch a flight to Malaysia.

As he travelled along the North Lantau Highway, his $950,000, turbo-charged blue Audi S4 hit a Mercedes-Benz.

Tse and the driver of the Mercedes, surnamed Hung, as well as two other lawyers in the Mercedes - William Kuo and Paul Tan Chuen-yan - were taken to Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung.

Tse suffered head and facial injuries and spent the night under observation in intensive care. Wearing a neck brace, he was discharged  the next day and flew to Malaysia to film a commercial.

Mr Tan was discharged after treatment on the day of the accident, while Mr Kuo and Mr Hung spent a night in hospital.

Tse, 22, denied the charge in May but yesterday pleaded guilty.

The accident happened only three months after the singer wrote off his $2 million red Ferrari in a crash in Cotton Tree Drive.

A court later found him guilty of perverting the course of justice by lying about the fact that he was behind the wheel at the time of the accident.

He was sentenced to 240 hours of community service for that offence. He has completed the sentence, but is still  appealing against  conviction.

Tse is due to appear in the High Court this Friday on that matter. Magistrate Kevin Browne said he handed down the sentence on the reckless driving charge after taking into consideration Tse's previous traffic offences.

Tse relaunched his career in March this year  and said his popularity had soared 40 per cent after his  fortnight in prison on remand.



Careless driving keeps star off the road for six months