“The defendant said he’d found [the driving licence]. He had then registered his car in the name of Mr Guzek and obtained insurance in that name too,” said Mr Devaney.
The court was told Rygiel had been banned from driving for 15 months in 2012 and for four years in 2018, both for drink-driving.
On Thursday, he pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified on December 16, 2020, making a false statement between May 1, 2017 and December 17, 2020 to obtain insurance, obstructing a police officer and having no insurance.
Charlotte Winchester, mitigating, said Rygiel had been working as warehouse co-ordinator in Elm at the time of the offences and was using the car to commute.
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Police sergeant spat at by King s Lynn drink-driver
| Updated: 16:14, 11 December 2020
A Lynn man spat at police after feeling seven officers to deal with his drink-driving offence was heavy-handed.
Anton Kuzmenok s spittle did not hit Sgt Craig Hawkes but a spit hood was put over his head and he was arrested for common assault as well as the motoring offence.
Prosecutor Eleanor Sheerin told Lynn Magistrates Court on Thursday that door staff at The Globe Hotel had tipped off police about a possible drink-driver just after midnight on September 18.
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Kuzmenok was stopped in St Ann s Fort. Mr Kuzmenok confirmed that he had been drinking and his last drink was ten minutes before. He also told police at this time that he only had a provisional licence.