District judge warns Co Tyrone disqualified driver not to get behind the wheel of car
A Co Tyrone disqualified driver was given a five-month jail sentence, suspended for 18 months, when he appeared at Dungannon Magistrates Court.
Gary Hugh McGinty, aged 52, from Braeside, Dungannon, was also fined a total of £175 with a £15 offender's levy and disqualified from driving for 18 months on charges of having no insurance, no vehicle test certificate and having an obscure number plate.
The court heard the offences came to light when police stopped an Audi 3 car on the Ballygawley Road, Dungannon, at 5.40pm July 16 last year.
Prosecuting counsel said McGinty claimed he had insurance and police ordered him to produce it at a police station.
The lawyer told the court that the defendant later made admissions to the offences.
Imposing the penalties, District Judge Francis Rafferty warned McGinty not to get behind the wheel of a car until he got all his driving documents back.