Co Tyrone 'Chicken catcher' caught driving without insurance on two occasions
A Co Tyrone ‘chicken catcher’ caught driving without insurance on two occasions in the past year has lost his licence for 12 months.
Dungannon Magistrates Court heard that police were called to a report of a minor damage collision at Georges Street in Dungannon on October 9 last.
Before the court was 30-year-old Mohammed Qureshi, of Charlemont Street, Dungannon, who was also fined £250 with a £15 offender’s levy for having no insurance.
Prosecuting counsel said the defendant had reversed into the front of a parked vehicle, and later admitted to police not having insurance.
A defence lawyer said the vehicle belonged to the defendant’s wife and that he had cooperated with police.
He added the defendant, who was described as a “chicken catcher”, and his wife are hard-working couple trying to make ends meet.
District Judge Francis Rafferty remarked on September 24 last year, the defendant was given six penalty points for no insurance and “two weeks later you continued your offending”.