Co Tyrone welder fined £250 with six penalty points at Dungannon Court for no insurance

Twenty-seven-year-old Ivan Bitsa, from Chestnut Grove, Aughnacloy, was also handed six penalty points for having no insurance.

Dungannon Magistrates Court was told on Friday that on December 2 last year at 5.30pm, police were operating a checkpoint at Granville Road in Dungannon.

Prosecuting counsel said they stopped a BMW car and the driver identified himself as the defendant and checks showed he was not insured on the vehicle.

She said Bitsa told police he had insurance and was given seven days to produce his documents at a police station.

The lawyer explained that the policy had been taken out two hours after he was stopped at the checkpoint. Counsel added that Bitsa had a clear record.

The defendant, who was not professionally represented, admitted the offence.

District Judge Francis Rafferty said he would keep it to a financial penalty.