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   1 day ago · Former DUP councillor Luke Poots was today handed a four month driving ban and fined £300 after a judge convicted him of driving a tractor while using a mobile phone.. Having heard that Poots had ...

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   22 hours ago · Former Lisburn DUP Councillor Luke Poots was today handed a four month driving ban and fined £300 after a judge convicted him of driving a tractor while on the mobile phone to his father Edwin Poots.

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   1 day ago · Poots arrived at court on Friday in a tractor and his driving ban was deferred until midnight so he could drive home. Former DUP councillor Luke Poots has been fined £300 and been banned from ...

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   1 day ago · Former DUP councillor Luke Poots was handed a four-month driving ban and fined £300 on Friday after a judge convicted him of driving a tractor while using a mobile phone.. Having heard that Poots ...

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   1 day ago · Former DUP councillor Luke Poots has been banned from driving and fined after a judge convicted him of driving a tractor while using a mobile phone on a call to his father, Stormont speaker Edwin ...

7. www.irishnews.com › news › northern-irelandFormer DUP councillor Luke Poots banned after being convicted ...

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   22 hours ago · November 01, 2024 at 3:48pm GMT. Former DUP councillor Luke Poots has been handed a four month ban and fined £300 after a judge convicted him of driving a tractor while using a mobile phone.

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   • Poots arrived at court on Friday in a tractor and his driving ban was deferred until midnight so he could drive home Former DUP councillor Luke Poots has been fined £300 and been banned from driving for four months, after a judge convicted him of driving a tractor while using a mobile phone.

   Poots fined and disqualified for phoning dad while driving tractor

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   What happened to Edwin Poots’ son Luke Poots?

   • A planning approval related to Luke Poots was at the centre of a watchdog probe. He was the chair of Lisburn and Castlereagh council's planning committee when it approved a housing application. The approval has been quashed following a legal challenge after it was discovered that his father, former DUP leader Edwin Poots, had lobbied in favour of the application.

   Housing plans in watchdog probe against DUP MLA Edwin

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   Did Luke Poots breach Councillors' Code of conduct?

   • The watchdog found Luke Poots breached "multiple" parts of the councillors' code of conduct. It followed complaints he took part in a council planning committee during decisions for applications his father was lobbying on.

   Luke Poots: Former DUP councillor disqualified for four years

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   Was Edwin Poots on the phone with his father?

   • Poots told the judge “I was on the phone with my father” when he saw the police behind him on the carriage way, claiming that DUP MLA Edwin Poots checked with him “‘are you on the hands-free?’ and I said ‘of course’.” Under cross examination from the prosecution, Poots suggested at one stage that the A1 “is a hotspot for farmers being targeted”.

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   Did Edwin Poots use a hands-free phone?

   • Poots denied the charge and gave evidence on his own behalf. He told the judge he was on the phone with his father, DUP MLA and Assembly Speaker Edwin Poots, checked was he using the hands-free phone. "I said of course,” Poots recounted.

   Poots fined and disqualified for phoning dad while driving tractor

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   Did a police officer see Poots talking on his phone?

   • “We were alongside and he was still on the phone talking,” said the officer, “he wasn’t aware of our presence. He had the mobile phone in his hand and he was talking openly, it wasn’t at his ear,” said the officer, adding that he saw Poots using the phone for up to a minute.

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9. www.bbc.co.uk › news › uk-northern-ireland-politicsLuke Poots: Former DUP councillor disqualified for four years

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   Feb 15, 2024 · A former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) councillor has been disqualified for four years by a standards watchdog over serious conflicts of interest in the planning process. Luke Poots was ...