Police spotted car being driven without headlights illuminated at M2 motorway
Police spotted a Toyota Yaris being driven without headlights illuminated at the M2 motorway at 8.45pm on September 28 last year.
Zitha Mdletshe (49), of Crimea Court in Belfast, admitted driving whilst disqualified and absence of insurance.
Police stopped the defendant and drove the vehicle to Ballymartin Park and Ride near Templepatrick.
District Judge Nigel Broderick told Antrim Magistrates Court, sitting in Ballymena: "So he is driving on the motorway with no headlights."
It emerged the defendant was in breach of two suspended sentences. It was his sixth conviction for absence of insurance.
A defence barrister accepted it was a "flagrant disregard for road traffic laws".
He said the defendant had no other way of getting to work - he is a care assistant - and had "taken a chance".
The court heard the defendant moved to Northern Ireland from Africa in 2020.
Judge Broderick said the defendant had shown a "blatant disregard for road traffic legislation and also court orders" and jailed him for six months and banned him from driving for two years.
Bail was fixed for appeal in the sum of £500 but he is not allowed to drive pending appeal.