Kilner was stopped by a patrol car on the evening of June 8, 2024 at traffic lights in Alderley Edge. Prosecutor Michael O’Kane said of the police officer that saw the offence in question: “As he was waiting a car passed the vehicle, a black Mercedes people carrier EQV 300.
“He observed the driver, Miss Kilner, had her mobile phone in her left hand with the other hand on the steering wheel. The officer then pursued and stopped the vehicle and engaged in conversation with the defendant. She said, 'My kids are at padel' and that she was late.”