Speeding

Re: Alleged offence of: exceed 60mph - single carriageway (camera) speed detected was 70mph at hours on x

I am e-mailing to ask for your advice on the above alleged offence to which I can confirm I was the driver.  The reason of the speed  was due to the fact that I was trying to get to a petrol station to buy my 3 year old son some water as he was getting very distressed in the back and constantly wanting some water.  The reason for this distress from my son was due the fact we had returned from a delayed flight from x to x.  Our flight was delayed  3 hours and then when actually arriving at x it took another 60 minutes to receive our luggage., in total my children had been traveling for over 10 hours without a proper meal or rest.  You can understand it is not easy travelling with children at this age and specially when flights are delayed.

The route we had taken to go home (x) was a route which had no petrol station or shops for us to make a stop at the time my son required a drink.  As you can appreciate my child was very tired and hungry and he was constantly wanting a drink as he was repeatedly saying his throat was hurting.  Because of the late hour and the darkness of country lanes I had no choice but to hurry in order to get a drink for my child, hence the reason for the speed increase.

I would like to know if I would receive 3 points on my driving license?  I have already received previous 3 points on my licence for a similar incident of speed increase.  I have to drive my car everyday to take my children to and from school as we live 7 miles from their school, I also own a  business employing 130 people and would suffer greatly from having points on my license.  I have been driving for over 17 years and never have received any other convictions.

I would really appreciate your support in this matter.