Co Tyrone teenager banned for what judge called 'an appalling catalogue of driving’
A teenage motorist whose car rolled back after hitting a kerb in Cookstown and collided with a police vehicle, has lost his licence two years.
Eighteen-year-old Callum Currie from Coolnafranky Park, Cookstown, was also placed on Probation for 18 months and ordered to carry out 60 hours of Community Service on a charge of dangerous driving.
Currie was also fined a total of £300 with a £15 offender's levy for failing to stop for police and driving without insurance on September 16 this year.
District Judge Francis Rafferty remarked that it was "an appalling catalogue of driving".
Dungannon Magistrates Court heard on Wednesday the offences came to light after police were made aware of a suspected drink-driver in the Cookstown area.
The lawyer said the defendant was later observed by police leaving a property in the town and getting into a car and making off at speed along Union Street before turning into Old Coagh Road.
She said police activated blue lights and siren, but the vehicle continued at speeds reaching 80mph and almost rear ended a member of the public’s vehicle before turning at speed into Coagh Road.
Counsel said police followed the car which came to a stop when it hit a kerb at Coolnafranky and rolled back colliding with the police vehicle. She added that Currie was the sole occupant of the car.
A defence lawyer accepted it was an appalling incident, but explained that Currie has mental health issues and handed into court a letter from his GP.