Portadown taxi driver, clocked speeding on M1 at 94mph, is told by Craigavon judge he 'should have known better'
A Co Armagh taxi driver, who was clocked speeding down the M1 at 94mph, has been told by a district judge in Craigavon that he “should have known better”.
Steven Roycroft, aged 41, of Dumannon Park, Portadown appeared before Craigavon Magistrates Court charged with speeding and failing to produce his driving licence.
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The court was told that police were carrying out speed checks on the M1 on November 15, 2025 and clocked a car travelling at 94mph from Portadown towards Moira.
The prosecutor said the vehicle was a taxi with the sign on the roof illuminated but it was confirmed the defendant had no passengers in the vehicle at the time.
Roycroft’s solicitor, Mr Gabriel Ingram, said his client was rushing to Belfast to pick up his son and didn’t want him ‘hanging around’.
He said the defendant started working as a machine operator at Cubis last November but had been out of work prior to that.
“He just didn’t get around to doing administrative things like this," said Mr Ingram, referring to the driving licence offence.
District Judge Michael Ranaghan said: “He should know better.” Noting that Roycroft already has three live penalty points, he gave him five penalty points for the speeding offence.
"That puts you at eight and as a taxi driver you need to be very careful going forward,” said the district judge.
He also fined Roycroft £150 for speeding and £100 for failing to produce his licence, plus the £25 offender levy. The defendant was given 14 weeks to pay the fines.