Knockcloghrim motorist hit speed of 113mph after his daughter forgot to bring a pair of football boots to training
A motorist hit a speed of 113mph to get a pair of football boots for his daughter.
Richard Bamford (42), of Quarry Road in Knockcloghrim near Magherafelt, was detected at a 70mph zone on August 3 last year.
He was at Antrim Magistrates Court, sitting in Ballymena on Tuesday, and pleaded guilty.
A prosecutor said the defendant was detected in a Hyundai Tucson at 10.14am.
A defence barrister said the defendant, who had three "previous endorsements" for speeding, was remorseful and accepts it was an "entirely unacceptable" speed.
She said he had taken his daughter to football training. He left her off but she had "forgotten her football boots" and he had gone home to get them and bring them back.
District Judge Nigel Broderick said that would have been "cold comfort" if the defendant had hit somebody at 113mph.
He told the defendant: "You created a danger on the road." He banned the defendant from driving for six weeks and fined him £500.