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Woman accused of using phone while driving

Case adjourned because of Covid-19 pandemic

A Port Erin woman will appear in court in June charged with using her mobile behind the wheel.

Forty-year-old Elizabeth Josephine Barton of Cronk View Crescent is said to have committed the offence on 6 February.

She was excused, appearing before High Bailiff Jayne Hughes at a hearing at Douglas courthouse.

Mrs Hughes told the court lesser cases were being put back during the Covid-19 pandemic, and adjourned the hearing until 5 June.

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