A young man who had no driving licence or insurance for the car he was driving also failed to stop for police, a court has heard.

On February 3, police were called out to Ederney following a report of erratic driving.
When they arrived in the village they observed a car drive off in the direction of Castlederg; however, it did not stop for them, and they lost sight of it.

A short time later, police located the car at a shed. 

Jack Nicholas Bogle (19), with an address of Drumbristan Road, Kesh, returned to the vehicle and told police he was driving it, and had lost his licence.

He was arrested, before telling officers his licence had been rescinded for having too many points, but the vehicle was insured – but not in his name.

His solicitor, Michael Fahy, told the court that if Bogle had gone to the trouble of resitting his test after being disqualified, he would only have been facing a failure to stop charge.

He described Bogle, who attended court with his mother on Monday, as an “industrious young man” who was now “acutely aware” that when he is allowed back on the road, all driving matters have to be regularised, and he asked the court to take all this into account.

Convicting Bogle of having no insurance, no driving licence and failing to stop for police, District Judge Steven Keown banned him from driving for six months, and fined him £600.