19-07-2025
The Bolton drivers brought before court for being on their phones
These drivers from Bolton were brought before court for using their phones.
Motorists in the town were caught by police on the public highway while on their mobiles.
According to the government website, it is illegal to hold and use a phone, sat nav, tablet, or any device that can send or receive data, while driving or riding a motorcycle.
This means you must not use a device in your hand for any reason, whether online or offline.
Here are five Bolton motorists who were caught using their phones.
Marton Horvath, 40, was caught while driving a Citroen C3 in Chorley Old Road on October 18 last year.
Horvath, of Halliwell Road, was sentenced at Tameside Magistrates' Court on July 15.
He was disqualified from driving for two months, reduced from six months due to mitigating circumstances - a longer disqualification would cause "exceptional hardship" to his diabetic son in terms of attending hospital.
Horvath was also fined £60 and ordered to pay £60 costs and a £24 surcharge.
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Keiran Edwards, 35, was caught using a mobile phone while driving a Scania HGV on the M6 southbound near Knutsford on December 15 last year.
Edwards, of Alderton Drive, Westhoughton, was brought before Chester Magistrates' Court on June 4.
He was disqualified from driving for six months, fined £738, ordered to pay £110 costs and a £295 surcharge.
Gul Basit, 33, drove a Toyota Prius while on a phone in Kinmel Bay, near Rhyl in North Wales, on August 12 last year.
Basit, of Burwell Close, Great Lever, was sentenced at Wrexham Magistrates' Court on June 27.
He was given six points, fined £183, ordered to pay £130 costs and a £73 surcharge.
Zabir Kapadia, aged 51, drove a BMW XM while on a phone in Moss Bank Way on October 12.
Kapadia, of Blackburn Road, Astley Bridge, was brought before Tameside Magistrates' Court on May 20.
He was given six points, a £169 fine, £90 in costs and a £68 surcharge as punishment.
Kapadia avoided prison due to his mitigating circumstances, needing to drive for his job to collect stock.
Daniel Lewis, 38, was caught driving a Land Rover Discovery in Bolton Road, Walkden, while on a phone on August 29 last year.
Lewis, of Bentley Court, Farnworth, was sentenced at Manchester Magistrates' Court on May 9 this year.
He was fined £440, ordered to pay a surcharge of £176 and costs of £120, and disqualified for six months.
