A police officer stopped the same motorist twice, in 20 minutes, for driving whilst using a mobile phone last night.

Beds, Cambs & Herts Roads Policing Unit shared the news on Twitter at around 9.45pm.

One Twitter user asked: “Surely that warrants court and a harsher punishment?”

BCH Road Policing replied, writing: “Hopefully it will. Unfortunately, we don’t make the decision.

“We purely report and hope common sense prevails.”

Another tweeter summed up her feelings by writing: “Words fail me.”