Court gives Loughgiel man a 'bald tyre' warning
District Judge Richard Wilson was speaking to 34-year-old James Gillan of Shelton Road at North Antrim Magistrates Court in Coleraine on Friday.
The defendant was given three penalty points and fined 75 for speeding and fined a further 60 for absence of a seat belt.
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Hide AdThe offences were detected on July 2 this year at Coolkeeran Road, Loughgiel.
The defendant, a part-time farmer and shop manager, was doing 57mph in a 40mph zone.
A defence solicitor said his client had been visiting his mother and was only going to his own home and “stupidly” he wasn’t wearing a seat belt after he “chanced it” given the short distance.