A RETIRED Airbus worker told a court he had no excuse for driving along the A55 at 105mph.

David Hiorns, 54, said it was just a moment of madness.

He was caught in the vicinity of the Caerwys turn-off in Flintshire in January by the average speed camera system.

Hiorns told Flintshire Magistrates Court he appreciated that if something had gone wrong at that speed it could have been catastrophic, not only for himself, but for others.

“For that I am very sorry. I cannot offer any explanation of excuse for why I did it,” he said.

“I presume it was a moment of madness.”

At the time, in January, he was working double shifts at the Airbus base at Broughton and drove there from his home in Queen’s Avenue, Colwyn Bay.

He admitted breaking the 70mph speed limit in his Saab 93 and said he had since changed his vehicle and bought a smaller one.

Magistrates said that was a wise move.

They said it was such an excessive speed that he would be banned from driving for 28 days.

He was fined £600 with £85 costs and a £60 surcharge.

Prosecutor Shaun Bartlett-Evans told the Mold court it was at 1.35pm on January 30 that the average speed camera system caught Hiorn’s Saab driving at 105mph.

“I am sure you will agree with me that it is a very high speed, 35mph over the maximum permitted speed limit,” he said.

He invited the bench to consider a disqualification in view of the high speed.

Hiorns, who said his partner lived in Caernarfon and his family lived in Manchester, said if he had the choice he would rather have points on his licence than a driving ban.