Charges against motorcycle racer and TV celebrity Guy Martin, who recently recreated the Great Escape barbed-wire-fence stunt, have been dropped.
Martin, 38, from Lincolnshire, had been accused of possessing a fake Irish licence and using it to alter his UK licence to enable him to drive HGVs.
Psychiatrists had concluded Martin does not always apply common sense and may have been taken in, Lincoln Crown Court heard.
The former Isle of Man TT rider who has autism had been due to stand trial on 6 January.
The case was brought because an Irish driving licence was submitted on Martin’s behalf to add the HGV entitlement to his UK licence, however it was a fake.
Martin, of Barnetby, had denied possession of a driving licence with intent to deceive and making a false statement by claiming he had an Irish licence.
Judge Simon Hirst said: “The prosecution accepts that it is conceivable that Mr Martin did think this was a genuine licence.”
Lorry mechanic Martin had always said he believed he passed a test while working in Northern Ireland and received a licence he believed was genuine.
The prosecution last week’s hearing psychiatrists had concluded he did not always apply common sense and has a tendency to take what people say at face value.
Prosecutor Michael Cranmer-Brown said his autism also made him “vulnerable enough for others to see him as an easy target”.
He said they accepted Martin “may well have been taken in by somebody”.