Round-up: Somerset drivers in court for speeding offences

Two of the drivers were proved guilty under the single justice procedure, and three of them pleaded guilty under the single justice procedure.

The single justice procedure removes the need for the prosecutor and the defendant to attend court for a hearing and allows defendants to manage their cases in writing.

The fines received by the five drivers ranged from £120 to £440 and the number of penalty points they were handed ranged between three and six.

They were sentenced between Monday, March 21 and Wednesday, March 23. 

Przemyslaw Cymerman

A man from Taunton was slapped with a £440 fine after he was clocked driving at 93mph on the M5 between junctions 25 (Taunton) and 24 (Bridgwater). 

Przemyslaw Cymerman, of Outer Circle, committed the offence on June 12, 2021.

Cymerman, 42, was proved guilty under the single justice procedure by a magistrate in Bath on March 21. 

He was fined £440 and ordered to pay £90 in court costs and a £44 surcharge to fund victim services. 

He has until May 2 to pay his £574 court bill.

Cymerman was also handed four penalty points. 

Phillip Michael Collins

Phillip Michael Collins, of Galmington Road, Taunton, was caught driving at 87mph on the A303 dual carriageway near Durnfield on June 28, 2021.

Court documents say Collins, 49, was travelling at "a speed exceeding 60mph, the speed specified in schedule six to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as being the maximum speed in relation to a vehicle of that class".

Collins pleaded guilty under the single justice procedure on Wednesday, March 23. 

He was fined £328 and must also pay £90 in court costs and a £34 surcharge, giving him a total bill of £452 to pay by May 11.

Collins' driving record has been endorsed with five penalty points. 

The five men were sentenced by magistrates in Bath. Picture: Google Street View

Gary Alan Prettyjohns

A man caught driving at 84mph on the M5 between junction 25 (Taunton) and Taunton Deane Services has been handed a £344 court bill.

Gary Alan Prettyjohns, of Rackfield, Wellington, committed the offence on June 12, 2021 and was proved guilty under the single justice procedure on March 21.

Prettyjohns, 34, was fined £220 and must also pay £90 in costs and a £34 surcharge by May 2. 

He was also handed three penalty points.

Harry Hall

An eighteen-year-old from Cheddon Fitzpaine has been fined after he was caught driving at 66mph on the A38 Toneway in Taunton in excess of a 40mph speed limit. 

Harry Hall, of Batt Drive, committed the offence on July 16, 2021, and pleaded guilty under the single justice procedure on March 21. 

Hall was fined £120 by a magistrate in Bath and told to pay £90 in costs and a £34 surcharge, giving him a court bill of £244 to pay by May 2.

He also had six penalty points added to his licence. 

Stephen Mark Thornton

A man from Ruishton has been fined £406 after he was caught travelling at 66mph on the A38 Toneway on July 16, 2021.

Stephen Mark Thornton, of Newlands Grove, was also ordered to pay £90 in court costs and a £40 surcharge after he pleaded guilty on Tuesday, March 22.

He has until May 3 to pay his £536 court bill. 

He was also handed six penalty points.