A MOTORIST from Chard has been banned from driving for six months after he was caught speeding on a Devon dual carriageway.
Timothy Charles Northcott, whose address is listed as Ivy House, was caught exceeding the 70mph speed limit on the A30 past Tedburn St Mary, near Exeter, on August 3, 2021.
Court documents do not disclose the speed Northcott, 69, was driving at in a BMW car.
Northcott admitted the offence under the single justice procedure on May 3, 2022.
He appeared at Bodmin Magistrates’ Court by live link on Wednesday, June 29.
Northcott was banned from holding or obtaining a driving licence for six months.
Court documents say his disqualification was “obligatory due to repeat offending”.
His application for mitigating circumstances and exceptional hardship was not granted because he is able to get to work using public transport.
The listing adds: “His partner drives and has others that could assist her with additional driving.”
He was fined £96 and told to pay £90 in court costs and a £34 surcharge to fund victim services.
Northcott has until July 27 to pay his £220 court bill.
His guilty plea was considered when he was sentenced.
Another driver from Chard has been handed a £277 court bill after she was clocked driving at 45mph on the A358 at Henlade, Taunton.
Kelly Jane Burgess, of Beasley Court, was driving a BMW when she exceeded the 30mph speed limit on November 28, 2021.
Burgess, 39, pleaded guilty under the single justice procedure on Monday, June 27.
She was fined £153 and ordered to pay £90 in costs and a £34 victim surcharge by a magistrate in Bath, which must be paid by July 25.
She also had five penalty points added to her driving licence.
A man from Crewkerne has been fined after he failed to disclose the identity of the driver of a vehicle when required.
Court documents say Samuel James Noake, of South Street, “failed to give information relating to the identification of the driver of a vehicle who was alleged to have been guilty of an offence”.
The motorist was driving a Ford and the offence was committed on January 7, 2022.
Noake, 26, was proved guilty under the single justice procedure on June 27.
He was fined £660 by a magistrate in Bath.
He must also pay £90 in court costs and a £66 victim surcharge.
Noake has until July 25 to pay his £816 court bill. He was also handed three six penalty points.
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