Accrington man caught speeding with child in car is banned

A man who was driving at 70mph in a 30 zone with a child in the car has been banned from the road.

Ashley Idiens, 26, also drove the wrong way round a roundabout and went through red lights during a police pursuit, the Crown Prosecution Service said.

Idiens of Craven St, Accrington was banned for two years and given an eight-month suspended sentence at Burnley Crown Court on Wednesday.

He earlier pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and driving without insurance.