Former BBC Director General Greg Dyke is fined after being caught speeding in 20mph zone near £5.5million home

Former BBC Director General Greg Dyke has been fined after he was caught breaking the 20mph speed limit near his £5.5million home. The 79-year-old veteran broadcaster from Twickenham, south-west London , did not contest speeding on the A205 Mortlake Road on June 6. Officials at Lavender Hill Magistrates' Court reverted the speeding charge to a fixed penalty ticket, resulting in a fine of £72, plus a £28 surcharge and no costs. Mr Dyke, who went on to become chairman of the Football Association (FA) in 2013 after his media career, also received three penalty points on his driving licence. He was born in Hayes, west London, in 1947 and rose from being a trainee reporter at the Hillingdon Mirror to a respected executive in British broadcasting. Mr Dyke resigned from the BBC in January 2004, following the publication of the Hutton Report which saw the corporation forced to apologise for errors in reporting the suicide of scientist Dr David Kelly. In 2006, Mr Dyke turned to football, becoming non-executive chairman of his beloved Brentford, a club he has supported since childhood. He had served on the Old Trafford board as a non-executive director in the 1990s when he was the lone board member to oppose a takeover bid from BSkyB. Former BBC Director General Greg Dyke has been fined after he was caught breaking the 20mph speed limit near his £5.5million home He joined the FA in 2013, replacing David Gill, and was at the helm until 2016. Mr Dyke said when he joined the organisation: 'Football has always been a big part of my life whether playing 11-a-side on Sunday mornings or six-a-side on Thursday evenings. 'I was brought up in a household where my father was much more interested in whether or not you had won at football than whether you had passed your exams. In my case that was just as well. 'I still turn out to play six-a-side some Thursday evenings although at my age I seem to spend more time injured than playing. 'I supported my local team Brentford as a kid where my elder brother was a junior, watched York City while at university and followed Manchester United whenever I could. 'I got involved in how the game was run when I was first involved in buying sports rights as Chairman of ITV Sport in the late Eighties and later at the BBC. 'I learnt a lot in the years when I was on the Board of Manchester United and have seen the other side of the professional game at Brentford.' Mr Dyke announced in 2016 that he would not be seeking re-election for another term as chairman.