A 48-year-old man was fined more than £650 for driving at more than twice the speed limit near Reading.

Mark Leonard, from Boscawen Way, Thatcham, drove at 70mph in a 30 zone, namely Red Shute Hill, in Long Lane, on October 28, 2020.

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Despite pleading not guilty at Wycombe Magistrates' Court, he was found guilty on December 20 and fined £657, as well as ordered to pay £200 in costs.

The judge ordered Leonard to pay a surcharge to fund victim’s services of £66 and he received six points on his licence.