A 21-year-old man has been found guilty of a litany of driving offences after he was detected three times by police driving without the proper documents in place.

Daniel Maughan, with an address of Milltown Court, Newtownbutler was found guilty of using a motor vehicle without insurance and having no driving licence after police officers observed him driving a car in Coolcullen Meadow, Enniskillen on September 11, 2018.

Officers saw the defendant driving a Volkswagen Passat and were aware he had no licence and cautioned him.

On the second occasion on November 7, 2018, Maughan was observed by police driving a Ford Transit van on High Street, Newtownbutler and was unable to produce the relevant documents for insurance or his licence.He did produce documents at a later date however the policies in place did not cover him to drive.

He was found guilty of using a motor vehicle without insurance, being an unaccompanied ‘L’ driver and not displaying ‘L’ plates.

The third incident took place on the Camphill Road, Newtownbutler on December 13, 2018.

Officers again saw Maughan driving and signalled fro him to stop. At first it seemed as if he was slowing down before he sped away.

Officers located the vehicle at a property and spoke to the defendant’s wife who told them her husband was not at the property. Officers spoke to Maughan at a later date.

He was again found guilty of using a motor vehicle without insurance, being an unaccompanied ‘L’ driver and not displaying ‘L’ plates and failing to stop for police.

Maughan’s solicitor, Myles McManus said his client was fully aware that he would face a significant and lengthy disqualification. He added that Maughan would be a suitable person for probation or community service.

District Judge Michael Ranaghan told Maughan that he was running up quite a considerable record.

Maughan was disqualified for a total of 14 months and fined £775.

Judge Ranaghan also handed down a two year probation order and 100 hours community service along with the disqualification and fine.

He said the custody threshold had been met and warned Maughan if he did reoffend he would receive a custodial sentence.