A Ballasalla man caught speeding at 87mph in a 50mph zone has been spared a ban, after successfully arguing it would cause exceptional hardship.
Fifty-five-year-old Peter Alec Kneen was clocked by police on Braaid Road in St Mark’s on May 27, while driving a Vauxhall Astra.
In court, defence advocate Darren Taubitz handed in letters of reference in support of the exceptional hardship argument, describing Kneen as irreplaceable.
Mr Taubitz said Kneen transported specialist machinery for farms on the island, and there was a shortage of contractors in his field, so a driving ban would have a huge impact on the island’s farming community which relied on his services.
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Magistrates fined Kneen, of East Grenaby Road, £700, plus £50 prosecution costs, and handed him 10 points.