Caught when fell off scooter

He was 18-year-old Robert Fox, of Shankill Street, Lurgan, and last Thursday at Craigavon court he was fined 100 and banned from driving for 18 months for dangerous driving on May 12 this year.

As well he was fined 100 and banned for 12 months for not having insurance, fined 25 and banned for 12 months for failing to stop and fined 75 and banned for 12 months for taking a vehicle without the owner’s consent.

The court heard police on mobile patrol in Ulster Street saw the defendant on a scooter. He was travelling at twice the speed limit in North Street and other vehicles had to brake to avoid a collision.

Police tried to stop him and he was eventually caught when he fell off the vehicle at Allenhill Park.

A barrister said the owner of the vehicle was a friend of the defendant who noticed that the keys had been left in the scooter.

He took it for a short drive and didn’t notice the police behind him, she added.

District Judge, Mr Alan White, said it was an atrocious piece of driving.