Ballymena motorist admits charge of using hand-held mobile phone whilst driving
A motorist has admitted a charge of using a hand-held mobile phone whilst driving.
Anne Marie Dundon (51), of Dunvale in Ballymena, was detected in the town centre on November 15 last year.
A prosecutor said police were on foot patrol and saw a vehicle drive into Pentagon Retail Park and "the defendant could be clearly seen holding her mobile phone to her right ear with her right hand and appeared to be on a phone call".
A defence solicitor said that a phone call was received and "her daughter in the rear of the car had the phone in her hand and whenever the phone call came through her daughter reached forward and put the phone to her mother's ear to assist her and had it on speaker".
At Ballymena Magistrates Court on Thursday (January 15) the defendant was banned from driving for a week and was fined £200.