Wow ... 6 month suspension for going the wrong way?? Your country's traffic laws are brutal! Something like that here would only run you maybe a $100 fine. Do they flog you with a garden hose if you're caught running a red light? 
No
He already had 9 points on his license.
Basically, something like getting done for speeding will get you 3 points. Unless you're doing, say, 100 plus in a 70 zone, in which case it will get you a lot more.
Points stay on your license for 3 (I think) years. If at any time, you get 12 or above, you get a ban. He got 3 for the no entry thing (and, to be honest, he's driven up one of the busier junctions in the centre of Birmingham against one way traffic, the fuckwit), which took him to 12 and a ban.
By the way, do you still get fifty lashes for doing more than 55 on a motorway over there?
