Play
off the road Uninsured driver 'had just bought the car for his wife', court told
A MOTORIST caught driving without insurance claimed he had just bought the car for his wife and was bringing the vehicle to a local garage for it to be repaired, a court has heard.
Piotr Jez (37) tried to turn the vehicle away from a garda checkpoint but he was stopped by officers.
Judge Dermot Dempsey fined Jez €475 and disqualified him from driving for two years.
The defendant, of Hamlet Lane in Balbriggan, admitted driving without insurance, a driving licence or L-plates at Chieftains Drive in Balbriggan on April 17, 2020.
Garda Sean McGill told Swords District Court that gardaí were operating a checkpoint when he noticed a 2006-registered vehicle try to turn away from them.
Gda McGill said he spoke to the driver, who was a learner driver and was unaccompanied at the time.
The garda said that he demanded to see Jez's insurance, driving licence and NCT certificate but the defendant failed to produce the documents and the vehicle was seized.
The court heard that Jez had one previous conviction, but none for road traffic matters.
His defence said that Jez, who was unemployed, was married with three children.
She said that Jez had just bought the car for his wife and at the time he was stopped he was bringing it to the garage.
She asked the judge to be as lenient as possible, saying this incident took place nearly two years ago and Jez had not been in trouble since.
Top Videos
Play
Play
Play
Play
Play
Available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Podcasts.
Latest Courts
- CAB to sell digger and car in case against crime gang brothers jailed for ATM robberies
- Dublin man who robbed same pharmacy twice in four months jailed for four years
- The top 10 moments of the Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney libel trial so far
- Woman left disabled after allegedly contracting disease from parrot secures further €1m payout
- Belfast man who raped woman he met on Tinder in her home handed seven-year sentence
Latest
- CAB to sell digger and car in case against crime gang brothers jailed for ATM robberies
- Aston Merrygold says friendship is ‘imperative’ in the entertainment industry
- Dublin man who robbed same pharmacy twice in four months jailed for four years
- Liz Truss once said the only Irish hit by Brexit would be 'few farmers with turnips'
- Revealed: Faces of Irish roof scammers who conned elderly Australians out of $434k