THE recipient of a life-saving organ transplant last night offered to pay any fine or legal costs of an ambulance driver charged with speeding after a 104mph mercy dash.

Mike Ferguson, who said yesterday he was only doing his job, was allegedly clocked as he raced to deliver a liver for a transplant operation.

He has been charged with speeding and could lose his licence, or his job, if the prosecution against him goes ahead.

The case has caused uproar, with unions warning that lives could be lost if emergency drivers are not exempted from speed laws.

Last night, kidney transplant recipient Steven Traylor pledged the cash offer, saying that it is "the right thing to do".

The father-of-two said Mr Ferguson should be supported by organ transplant patients.

Mr Traylor, 44, of Church Village in South Wales, received a kidney transplant five years ago, and said he was "enraged" to hear of the ambulanceman's situation.

Mr Traylor, a former miner who has retired through ill health, said: "I'm supporting the gentleman wholeheartedly.

"I just find it pathetic. This gentleman should be supported by all the organ transplant patients."