A Derry lottery winner has had his five year driving ban cut in half.
Ryan Magee (34) of Monnaboy Road in Eglinton had been disqualified from driving for five years in June this year after being detected driving while disqualified in December last year.
He had previously been disqualified in July 2014 and when he was stopped on the Foyle Bridge in Derry he admitted driving while disqualified and having no insurance.
In June this year Magee was sentenced to a five year ban, 200 hours community service and fined £250.
At yesterday's hearing, his barrister Eoghain Devlin said his client was appealing against the length of the ban. He said that it was "a considerable jump" to go from an 18 month disqualification to a five year one.
Outlining Magee's circumstances, the barrister said his lottery win - £6.4 million in 2008 - brought with it bad luck as well as good. He added that his client would probably tick the no publicity box if he had the chance to do it all again.
Judge Philip Babington said he accepted the argument about the length of the disqualification and reduced the driving ban to two and a half years.
