Motorist hit almost double the speed limit at Templepatrick
A motorist who hit almost double the speed limit has been banned from driving for a month and fined £200.
Lewis Thompson (21), of Oak View, Roughfort, was detected doing 77mph in a 40mph zone at Antrim Road, Templepatrick, on the afternoon of March 30 this year.
A defence barrister told Antrim Magistrates' Court, sitting in Ballymena, the defendant had been overtaking at the time of the detection.