A DRIVER who has admitted doing almost twice the legal speed limit has been hit with a £800 court bill.

Aneetha Kumar, 33, of Weston Road, Wilmslow, pleaded guilty at Manchester Magistrates Court on February 8 to exceeding the speed limit.

The defendant was caught on camera driving at an Audi estate at 76mph on Princess Parkway, near the M60 motorway in Manchester, on July 7, last year.

The speed limit on this road is 40mph.

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Kumar was fined £669 and ordered to pay £90 costs, £66 victim surcharge and her driving licence was endorsed with six penalty points.

Magistrates said they took the defendant's guilty plea into consideration when imposing the sentence

Kumar was given until March 8 to pay the £825 court bill.