Van driver caught using phone behind the wheel gets six-month road ban
A van driver who was caught on his mobile phone while driving has been banned from the road for six months.
Lewis Duckett, aged 31, was caught behind the wheel of a Mercedes Sprinter while using his phone on the B4380 Shrewsbury to Atcham road on August 19 last year.
Duckett, of Clos Glandwr, Newtown, Powys, pleaded guilty at Worcester Magistrates Court to one charge of using a hand-held mobile phone while driving a motor vehicle on a road.
Magistrates also fined Duckett £150 and ordered for six points to be put on his driving licence. He was also ordered to pay £110 court costs and a £60 victim surcharge.
