Cracked windscreen costs South Derry teenager £75 and three penalty points
A teenage motorist who had a large crack on his windscreen when stopped by police, was fined £75 at Magherafelt Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
Nineteen-year-old Joe Scullion from Desertmartin Road, Magherafelt, was also ordered to pay a £15 offender’s levy and handed three penalty points on a charge of using a motor vehicle with a large crack on the windscreen which was such that the use of the motor vehicle involved a danger of injury to any person.
Prosecuting counsel said on July 18 last year, police stopped the defendant at Cookstown Road, Moneymore, and observed a large crack on the windscreen of his vehicle which was in line of the driver’s vision.
She said the defendant was told to fix the defect and report to police within 14 days or he would be reported for prosecution. The lawyer added that Scullion failed to attend the police station within this time period.