TWO drivers from Burnham and Highbridge have been fined for speeding on the M5 between Sedgemoor Services and Weston-super-Mare (junction 21).
Both men pleaded guilty under the single justice procedure and were sentenced by a magistrate in Bath on Friday, June 10.
A man from Brean was also fined by a magistrate in North Somerset for ‘unlawfully using a disabled person’s badge in relation to the parking of a vehicle’.
Paul Mark Davey Landolfi
A man from Burnham-on-Sea has been handed a £331 court bill after he was clocked at 91mph on the M5 between Sedgemoor Services and junction 21.
Paul Mark Davey Landolfi committed the offence in a Mazda car on November 6, 2021.
Landolfi, 34, admitted the offence under the single justice procedure.
He was fined £207 and ordered to pay £90 in court costs and a £34 surcharge to fund victim services, which must be paid by July 29.
He was also handed four penalty points.
Court documents say his guilty plea was “taken into account when imposing sentence”.
Harry Snook
An Audi driver from Highbridge has been fined after he was caught driving at 81mph on the M5.
Harry Snook, of Huntspill Road, pleaded guilty to speeding between Sedgemoor Services and junction 21 on November 6.
Snook, 27, was fined £186 and must pay £90 in costs and a £34 victim surcharge.
He has until July 29 to pay his £310 court bill.
Three penalty points were added to his driving licence.
His guilty plea was considered when he was sentenced.
Wayne Johnson
A Brean man has been fined after he admitted unlawfully using a disabled person’s badge for parking.
Wayne Johnson, of Oak House, committed the offence in South Parade, Weston-super-Mare, on March 11, 2022.
Johnson, 49, pleaded guilty on Friday, June 10 and was fined £73 by a magistrate in North Somerset.
He must also pay £150 in costs and a £34 victim surcharge, giving him a total court bill of £257 to pay by July 8.
His guilty plea was considered when his sentence was imposed.
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