A MAN from Dyserth has been ordered to pay in excess of £1,500 after he was found using a mobile phone while driving without third party insurance.

Ben Musgrave, 31, of Cwm Road, was accused of both offences while driving a Land Rover Discovery vehicle on the A525 in St Asaph on January 4.

He had pleaded guilty to both offences on April 14.

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At Mold Magistrates’ Court on July 1, Mr Musgrave was fined £960 for driving uninsured.

He was also ordered to pay a £128 victim surcharge and further costs of £110 for the offence.

Mr Musgrave also received six penalty points on his driving record.

For using a phone while driving, Mr Musgrave was fined a further £320.

This amounted to a total of £1,518, which he is to pay in monthly, £200 instalments from July 29.