A MAN has been fined and given points on his licence for using a mobile phone while driving on a major road.

Ian Kean, of Alfriston Close, Bognor, was driving a Citroen along the A259 on June 10 last year, while using a mobile phone.

The 65-year-old pleaded guilty at Brighton Magistrates’ Court on Friday.

Kean was fined £40, ordered to pay costs of £90 and a surcharge of £34.

His driving licence has also been endorsed with six points.

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