Islandmagee learner driver hit speed of 100mph

An L driver who hit a speed of 100mph told police ‘I had to go work’.

Mariusz Szmaglinski (42), of Middle Road at Islandmagee, was detected in a Seat Leon on the M2 motorway at Rathbeg on August 2 last.

He admitted charges of exceeding a 70mph limit, being an L driver on a motorway; being an unaccompanied L driver; no L plates; taking a vehicle without permission and absence of insurance.