A motorist who recorded what is thought to be one of the highest speeds ever to come before a court in Northern Ireland has been banned from driving for a year after being convicted of dangerous driving.

And the court was also told how the same driver had been previously caught doing 100mph, says News Letter.

Andrew Robert Steele, 30, of Bryan Street in Larne, sped past a police car at 132mph on the A8 dual-carriageway – a 70mph zone near the town – at 4.20pm on May 1 and the court was also told how the same driver had been previously caught doing 100mph.

A defence lawyer for Steele said his client’s driving was “obviously far too fast”, with the Judge adding that the defendant’s speed had been “unbelievable”.

Convicting the defendant of dangerous driving the judge asked: “Do you think that anyone doing 132mph would be in control of a vehicle if something untoward happened, for example an R driver doing 45mph. You have to expect everything on the road,” he added.

The judge said it was “quite clear” from the footage that it had been an “extremely excessive speed”.

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