5 drivers sentenced at York and Harrogate Magistrates Courts

Three defendants failed to respond to summons and were convicted and sentenced in their absence at Harrogate Magistrates Court.

Jordan Grace, 35, of Allerthorpe, York, was convicted of failure to inform police who was driving his car when it was allegedly committing a motoring offence.

He was banned from driving for six months and ordered to pay a £660 fine, £90 prosecution costs and a £264 statutory surcharge.

Ian Jackson, 58, of North Drive, Sherburn-in-Elmet, was convicted of using a car without insurance and driving without wearing a seat belt, both committed on the B1222 near Sherburn-in-Elmet.

He was banned from driving for six months and ordered to pay a £660 fine, £90 prosecution costs and £264 statutory surcharge.

Nathan Dalton Wright, 24, of Fairfield Avenue, Carlton near Selby, was convicted in his absence of driving a car without insurance and without a licence.

He was fined £660, ordered to pay £120 prosecution costs and a £264 statutory surcharge and given eight penalty points.

Ben Allen, 40, of Station Road, Scalby, Scarborough, was convicted at Harrogate Magistrates Court in his absence of speeding on the A174 at Hinderwell near Saltburn.

At an adjourned hearing, magistrates heard because of the number of penalty points already on his licence, he should be banned from driving but decided that would cause him exceptional hardship after hearing it would adversely affect his two businesses and his health.

They gave him three penalty points, fined him £220, ordered him to pay £120 prosecution costs and a £88 statutory surcharge.

One driver was sentenced at York Magistrates Court.

Wycliff Charabira Nyarota, 59, of The Waterfront, Selby, pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention and failure to stop after an accident in which a person was injured on the A19 at Crockey Hill, south of York. 

He was banned from driving for six months, fined £450 and ordered to pay £85 prosecution costs and a £180 statutory surcharge.