Beauty therapist hit speed of 99mph between Castledawson and Toome

A beauty therapist was detected doing 99mph.

Orlaith Whoriskey (49), of Clon Dara in Derry/Londonderry, was caught in a 70mph zone - the dual-carriageway between Castledawson and Toome - at 1.30pm on August 3 last year.

A defence solicitor told Antrim Magistrates Court, sitting in Ballymena on Tuesday, the defendant's licence was necessary for her job as a beauty therapist.

The defendant was banned from driving for a week and was fined £100.

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