Two-week driving ban and fine for Co Down man who drove without insurance
A Banbridge man has been banned from the roads for two weeks after he drove his father’s car without insurance.
Robert Lorencs, 20, whose address was given as Edenderry Park, appeared before Lisburn Magistrates Court on Thursday, April 9, 2026, where he pleaded guilty to the driving offence.
The court heard that on December 23, 2025 the defendant was stopped by police driving an Audi A4 on Rivergate Lane in Lisburn. Checks showed that he was not insured to drive the vehicle.
Representing himself in court, the defendant said the vehicle in question belonged to his father.
He said he had fully comprehensive insurance for his own car and thought that allowed him to drive another vehicle as well.
However, as he was classified as a ‘young driver’ the insurance did not cover him to drive another car.
District Judge Rosie Watters disqualified the defendant from driving for 14 days. She also imposed a fine of £250 and an offender’s levy of £15.