Five people had to jump out of the way of electric scooter being ridden on footpath in Cookstown town centre, court told
An electric scooter rider who rounded a corner in Cookstown town centre and caused five males to jump out of the way in fear of a collision, has been disqualified from driving for six months.
Santos Henrique Da Conceicao, aged 24, from Burn Road in Cookstown, was also fined a total of £350 with a £15 offender's levy for driving without due care and attention, having no insurance and no ftiving licence.
Imposing the penalties, District Judge Francis Rafferty told the defendant the disqualification covered driving any vehicle.
"Do not drive an electric scooter on the pavement or the road," he warned the factory worker when he appeared at Dungannon Magistrates Court.
Prosecuting counsel said on May 11 last year, police on mobile patrol at the junction of James Street and Burn Road in Cookstown observed the defendant riding an electric scooter on the footpath.
The lawyer said five males were walking on the footpath in Burn Road and when the defendant came round the corner from James Street they had to jump out of the way in fear of the scooter colliding with them.
The defendant was spoken to by police and an arrangement was made for him to attend the police station on May 27, and with the help of an interpreter, he made full admissions.
When asked by Judge Rafferty if he wished to say anything in answer to the charges Da Coceicao, who was not professionally represented, said "no”.
The judge warned him not be driving any more vehicles over the next six months.