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'Desperate' driver may be jailed for driving on a ban
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A DRIVER "desperate to keep a roof over his head" could be jaded for drivingwhile disqualified and using a duplicate licence to obtain work by deception.
Ordering pre-sentence reports to be prepared, Hertford magistrates told Dennis Hunt of Maidstone they did not discount the possibility of sending him to prison after examining the reports. Hunt had pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified and using a driving licence with intent to deceive.
Anthony Ostrin, prosecuting for VOSA, told the court that a Leyland two-axle rigid vehicle driven by Hunt was stopped in a roadside check. When Hunt was asked to produce his driving licence to be inspected, he could not do so, and a check indicated he had been disqualified.
When Hunt was later interviewed, he admitted being a disqualified driver and using a duplicate licence to gain work as a driver from Wharton Freight Services, of Barking. When asked to explain his conduct, Hunt had said: "At the time I had no job and! was desperate to keep a roof over my head. I only did this out of desperation."
He told the traffic examiner he had mislaid his original licence and had applied for a duplicate. He later found the original and handed that to the court when he was disqualified, but kept the duplicate. He then used the duplicate to get a job as a driver.