South Derry motorist answered phone as his Bluetooth wasn't working, court told
A South Derry motorist spotted by police using a mobile phone while driving has been handed six penalty points.
Thirty-one-year-old Emmett O’Neill, from Gulladuff Road, Bellaghy, was also fined £60 with a £15 offender’s live arising out of the incident on July 19 last year.
Prosecuting counsel said police car was travelling in the opposite direction when officers observed the defendant with the phone to his ear and his lips moving.
A defence lawyer explained the defendant had answered the phone as his Bluetooth wasn’t working,