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A civil engineer asked magistrates how he would get home to Southampton after they banned him from driving following a horror crash which left a woman seriously injured. Ryan Phillips was unprepared to make the 109-mile trip back to the south coast city when he appeared in court in Maidstone. The 27-year-old had his licence taken off him after he admitted causing the accident at the junction of Ashford Road and Faversham Road in Lenham, which left the other driver – Miss R – needing urgent medical care. Phillips was at the wheel of his Fiat Talento van on April 3 when he made a right turn – co…