Suspended prison sentences for drivers
Wednesday July 22, 2009
Magistrate Ron Maiden has imposed suspended prison sentences on two locals caught driving without a valid licence.
Four separate cases of unlicensed driving were heard in Cobar Local Court last week.
A 25 year old man, already serving a suspended prison sentence for driving without a licence, was placed on a suspended sentence for 18 months, to serve 18 months prison if he breaches the order.
He was also fined $1,000 and disqualified from driving for a further three years, and will not be eligible to hold a licence until 2016.
Magistrate Maiden elected not to take any further action on the breach of the man’s previous suspended sentence.
According to the police report to the court, police observed the man driving on the
Kidman Way in May and recognised him from a court appearance the previous week where he was convicted of driving while disqualified.
A 48 year old Cobar man was also placed on a suspended prison sentence for 15 months for driving while disqualified.
He was disqualified for a further five years (until 2020) and fined $1,000, as well as being fined a further $150 for the offence of stating a false name or address.
The man had been stopped for a random breath test in Woodiwiss Avenue in April, and when he returned a positive result he was conveyed to Cobar Police Station for a breath analysis.
He told police he didn’t have his licence with him and gave a false name, although could not give any identification.
According to the police report to the
court, when the man was informed he was
to be fingerprinted to confirm his identity
he admitted his real name to police, and
licence checks confirmed he had been
disqualified from driving until 2015.
A 23 year old Cobar man had his driving disqualification period extended in Cobar Local Court last week, when he was convicted of driving while disqualified.
He was fined $1,000, disqualified from driving for a further two years and placed on a good behavior bond for 18 months.
A 47 year old Cobar woman was convicted of being a never licensed person driving
a vehicle on the road (second of higher
offence).
She was fined $500 and disqualified from driving for three years.
When stopped by police in June, the woman allegedly produced a licence which had expired in November 1996.
Police checks showed the woman had also been charged on April 16 2006 for driving while unlicensed.
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