Ed Sheeran has been convicted and fined by a court after accidentally failing to insure his classic Aston Martin while it was being restored and converted to an electric car. But on December 17 last year, the DVLA spotted Sheeran had not paid for insurance on the Aston Martin while the restoration work was under way. Ed Sheeran has been convicted and fined (Ian West/PA)But he was convicted last week of keeping a motor vehicle which does not meet insurance requirements. “The vehicle is a vintage Aston Martin car which, since 2021, has been in the process of full restoration by Aston Workshop Ltd,” he wrote. In his mitigation, Sheeran said a letter from Aston Workshop Limited had also been sent to the court to support his case.