Tobermore factory worker thought he was insured when stopped by police at Magherafelt checkpoint, court told
A 32-year-old factory worker who thought he was insured when stopped at a police checkpoint, has lost his licence for two months.
Nathan Simpson from Killross Villas, Tobermore, was also fined £300 with a £15 offender’s at Magherafelt Magistrates Court for having no insurance on August 4 this year.
Prosecuting counsel said police were operating a vehicle checkpoint at at Castledawson Road, Magherafelt, when they stopped a car driven by Simpson.
She said police checks showed that there was no insurance policy in place at the time and the defendant was given a producer form for Cookstown station.
The lawyer added that on August 9, Simpson contacted the police and informed that there was no insurance in place.
A defence lawyer explained the defendant had given money to his mother to look after the insurance but as a result of a “miscommunication between the two of them” this was not done.