A DRIVER has been ordered to pay more than £1,000 and had six penalty points put on her licence after being caught speeding in a 20mph zone.

Helen Turner, 68, was speeding at more than twice the limit at 41mph in a 20mph zone on Abertillery’s Rose Hayworth Road.

Newport Magistrates’ Court heard how the offence took place when she was driving a Vauxhall Corsa on March 11.

Turner, of Glandwr Street, Abertillery was fined £660.

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She was ordered to pay a £264 surcharge and £85 costs.