Lee Smith was hit with a £350 fine and six penalty points after being found guilty of using a handheld mobile phone while driving on the M27. The Betvictor case adds a driving-record penalty on top of the court bill, not just a cash punishment.
Southampton Magistrates Court
The 43-year-old committed the offence at Fareham on April 27 2023, then returned to Southampton Magistrates Court for sentence. He was also ordered to pay £400 costs and a £140 victim services surcharge.
The points are the part that will follow him on the road. A fine ends at payment, but six penalty points stay on the licence record and sit alongside any future motoring offence a driver may face.
Harrison Randall at Fareham
The same set of cases also reached beyond Smith's driving offence. Harrison Randall was found guilty of failing to name a driver suspected of committing an offence at Fareham or elsewhere in Hampshire on December 13 2023, and he was banned from driving for six months and fined £180.
That wording matters because it shows the court was dealing with a disclosure offence rather than the original suspected driving matter itself. The failure to name a driver leaves the court working with the record it has, not with the roadside explanation a defendant may have wanted to give.
Southampton cases in one sitting
The hearing also brought together unrelated matters: Terry Mulango admitted two counts of assault by beating in Southampton, Christopher Page admitted breaching a restraining order in Southampton between March 3 2026 and March 6 2026, Samantha Hann admitted thefts from Sainsbury's in Southampton, Tyrone Carnie admitted making off without paying for fuel at Stockbridge, and Aaron Hamilton admitted breaching the sex offenders register by failing to provide details of Snapchat and Instagram accounts.
That mix dilutes the focus of Smith's case, but it also shows why a single motoring offence can still end with a wider penalty than many drivers expect. He did not leave court with a fine alone; the driving record endorsement means the M27 offence now sits on top of the financial sanction and will remain part of his licence history.
