District Judge warns Co Derry 'R' driver caught speeding on A6 Glenshane Road
A restricted driver caught doing 69mph on the A6 Glenshane Road, was fined £65 at Magherafelt Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
Nineteen-year-old Charle McMurray from Hillside Road, Upperlands, was also ordered to pay a £15 offender's levy and handed three penalty points on a charge of exceeding 45mph while displaying ‘R’ plates.
District Judge Conor Heaney warned McMurray that if he came before the court again for speeding he would not get off so lightly.
Prosecuting counsel said the defendant was detected doing 69 mph, 24 in excess of his 45mph limit, on August 24 last year.
A defence lawyer said McMurray was offered a fixed penalty but did not have the plastic half of his driving licence.
He said that he had made “extreme efforts” to get a fixed penalty.
The lawyer said the defendant worked as a labourer in England and would be a learner driver for the next year and will have to be “very careful”.