A LITTLE Lever man has been sentenced after being caught driving at 72mph in a 30mph zone.

Rafal Zagodzinski, aged 35, of Tong Road, was driving a Mercedes Vito car on Bury New Road in Whitefield on March 30.

He admitted one count of driving without a licence and one count of speeding at a hearing on July 30 and was sentenced on Wednesday.

Bury magistrates banned him from driving for 56 days, fined him £135 and ordered him to pay a £25 victim surcharge and £35 court costs.