Coleraine motorist hit 'atrociously high' speed

David Edgar (29), of Dundooan Park in Coleraine, was detected doing 112mph in a 70mph zone on February 8 this year.

Antrim Magistrates Court, sitting in Ballymena, was told the defendant had been going to the assistance of a friend who had broken down.

District Judge Nigel Broderick said going to help somebody who had broken down could in no way excuse such a speed.

The defendant already had six penalty points on his licence and has now been banned from driving for three months and fined £400.