A former fast food delivery driver who was caught doing 100mph on the M9 was banned from driving for six months.

Robert Henderson (29), who used to deliver pizzas, had only recently bought a luxury sports car when he was snared speeding on a journey from Glasgow to his home in Dundee.

He plead guilty at Stirling Sheriff Court on Tuesday (18 November) to speeding on the motorway near Chartershall, Stirling.

His lawyer, Virgil Crawford, claimed Henderson was driving a new Mercedes C180 Amg Sport Blue-Cy when he hit 100mph.

He said: “He had been in Glasgow and was travelling back to Dundee. He was in a new car, it was a fairly modern car, and he was clearly doing a speed he shouldn’t have been doing.” He said the offence took place at about 6.50pm on 25 August when the weather was good and the traffic was light.

The court heard Henderson has a string of previous convictions for driving offences dating back a decade, including three for speeding between 2004 and 2009.

Mr Crawford said: “Many of the road traffic offences that he has amassed date from when he was working as a delivery driver for a takeaway outlet.” Sheriff Kenneth McGowan remarked: “So fast food in more way than one.” Mr Crawford urged the sheriff to impose just four extra points on Henderson’s licence.

He said: “He is aware his licence is in jeopardy one way or another either by totting up or by a discretionary disqualification.” Mr Crawford said that since having a son five years ago the rate of Henderson’s driving offending had lessened.

He said that Henderson, of Strathmartine Road, Dundee, now works on oil rigs, and would find it difficult to get to and from jobs offshore without a driving licence.

Sheriff McGowan told Henderson: “There may have been a slowing in offending but you are a serial road traffic offender and these kind of offences carry with them great risks not only for you but other road users.

“This is also a case of not some marginal exceeding of the speed limit, but you were driving 30mph in excess of the limit.

“Driving at 100mph on a public road is a risky piece of behaviour because other road users simply cannot anticipate properly the speed that you were doing and the consequences of that, and it can lead to errors in judgements.” He banned Henderson from driving for six months and fined him £400.