Lisburn man sentenced for driving without insurance for the seventh time
A Lisburn man who has appeared in court charged, for the seventh time, with driving without insurance has been warned his liberty is at stake if it happens again.
Michael Anthony King, 35, whose address was given as Fairfields Manor, appeared before the city’s magistrates’ court charged with using a motor vehicle without insurance.
The court heard that on April 1, 2025 police observed a Volkswagen Golf being driven by the defendant in the Fairfields Manor area of Lisburn.
Checks showed the vehicle did not have valid insurance.
The defendant told police he did have cover for the vehicle and he was instructed to produce the insurance certificate at the police station.
The defendant later attended Lisburn police station and produced an insurance certificate. However, the police confirmed the policy had been cancelled in December 2024.
A defence lawyer told the court that at the time of the offence the defendant’s business was going into liquidation and the insurance had been cancelled due to a failed payment.
"Prior to these recent brushes with the law, he had been on the road a lot,” continued the Defence. “His business took him all over Ireland.”
District Judge Rosie Watters noted that this was the defendant’s seventh charge for driving without insurance.
She said: “The next time he’d be looking at his liberty being at stake.”
Ms Watters disqualified the defendant from driving for 12 months. She also imposed a fine of £200, as well as an offender’s levy of £15. The defendant was given 16 weeks to pay the fine.