INVERNESS SHERIFF COURT: Sheriff slams drivers' antics 'totally unacceptable' after they were clocked at 106mph on Highland route

A 'supercar' driver who drove with two other motorists in expensive high performance cars has been banned from driving for six months after being caught by police speeding in convoy on a remote Highland road.

Stewart Gall, a 40-year-old engineering company executive of Southern Cross, Kintore, was clocked doing 106mph on the A95 on June 26, 2021 near Skye of Curr.

He was with Dunstable-based businessman Noel Hendry (48) of High Street, Eaton Bray and Portlethen man Jason McBain (50) from Barclayhill.

They had previously admitted travelling carelessly at excessive speed in convoy in the 60mph zone.

Hendry was in his £200,000 McLaren, complete with personalised plate NH57MCL behind McBain's Porsche 911 on June 26, 2021 when speed cops caught them overtaking another vehicle at 106mph.

Gall was in his Audi R8, with personalised plate 5 GAL.

At an earlier hearing, fiscal depute Emma MacEwan told Sheriff Ian Cruickshank that the road was dry and the weather was fine at the time. She added that a third vehicle (Gall's) was also in convoy and that case will be heard later this year.

Gall pleaded guilty through solicitor David Patterson at Inverness Sheriff Court, again before Sheriff Cruickshank, who decided to deal with Gall in the same fashion as his two co-accused.

Hendry's defence solicitor advocate Neil Wilson said that his client ran a company refurbishing hospital laboratories but "his business practically ground to a halt during Covid.

"He is building it up again. Through a momentary act of foolishness, he now faces losing his licence. He knows he should have thought about that before putting his foot down."

Offshore worker McBain's lawyer, Rory Gowans, said: "This was a moment of madness. The Porsche is now sold and he drives something more modest."

All three solicitors said that their clients were in the position to pay a financial penalty within 28 days.

Sheriff Cruickshank also fined Gall £1675 and all were disqualified for six months.

The sheriff said: "No-one anywhere on the A95 should be travelling at 106mph. It is totally unacceptable."