A PENSIONER has been banned from the roads after he was caught breaking the limit on a busy Herefordshire main road.

Norman Powell entered a guilty plea to one charge of exceeding a 30 miles per hour speed limit in contravention of a local traffic order to magistrates in Telford, Shropshire.

The court heard the 84-year-old had been caught by manned equipment breaking the limit behind the wheel of a Volkswagen in a 30 miles per hour zone on the A417 in Ashperton, Herefordshire, on December 29.

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Magistrates said disqualification was obligatory due to repeat offending and Powell, who is of Redlake Meadow, Bucknell, was banned from driving for six months.

He was also fined £40 for the offence and was ordered to pay prosecution costs of £85 and a £34 victim surcharge.

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