Fine after Porsche driver hit 130mph in the Hertfordshire M1

The 31-year-old from Canning Road appeared at Stevenage Magistrates’ Court last Friday (December 22), where he was ordered to pay more than £2,100.

On January 14, Newlan had driven at 132mph between junctions 8 and 9 of the M1’s northbound carriageway, near Hemel Hempstead and Redbourn.

On August 2, he pleaded guilty to driving at a speed exceeding 70mph.

Upon sentencing he was fined £1,440 and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £576 and costs of £110.

Newlan was also disqualified from driving for 12 months.

Crimes can be reported to Hertfordshire police online at www.herts.police.uk/ro/report or by calling the police’s non-emergency number 101.

Anonymous information can be given by contacting Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or via crimestoppers-uk.org.