//Did Ant McPartlin (may be wrong spelling) get a higher fine, because of his earnings?//
Yes he did. He was fined £86,000 - the largest fine in a British court for drink-driving. The recommended fine for his level of excess is a week and a half's income, which would have been reduced by a third for his guilty plea - so a week's income. That means he must have declared and annual income of around £4.4m to the court. Interestingly, had he been convicted of speeding he would have fared a little better. There is statutory provision to levy an unlimited fine for drink driving. However the statutory maximum for speeding is £1,000 (or £2,500 for an offence committed on a motorway). If Mr McPartlin had faced a speeding fine the most he could have been fined (assuming he pleaded guilty) is £667 (or £1,667 if on a motorway) regardless of his income.