A VAN man from Herefordshire has been ordered to pay hundreds of pounds by a court after he was caught using a phone while driving.

Paul Davies was proven guilty of one count of using a handheld mobile phone while driving by magistrates in Bromley in March.

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The court heard from the prosecutor that the 43-year-old had been caught out after using a handheld mobile phone while behind the wheel of a Vauxhall Vivaro van in the City of London's Upper Thames Street on August 9 last year.

Davies, of Whitehouse Drive in Kingstone, Herefordshire, was handed six penalty points and fined £220 for the offence.

He was also ordered to pay prosecution costs of £110 and an £88 victim surcharge, which is used to help fund services supporting victims of crime.