The Ford Mondeo was also registered in his name with the DVLA and insurance had also been taken out in Northridge’s name on the vehicle.
But Northridge, of Hobhouse Road, Mansfield, said the other man had registered the vehicle in his name following an altercation – and had also triggered two speed cameras on a return trip to London in a bid to buy drugs.
Northridge appealed his conviction in January last year, and his ban was suspended until the appeal date.
He told the court he had not been staying at the Hobhouse Road address at the time the DVLA letters were sent through, and his mother ‘must have thrown them away’.
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Mansfield Magistrates Court.
He was last in trouble in 2019 when he received a 12-month suspended sentence, later extended to 15 months, following a breach.
But that order had expired by the time of the current offence, Ms Mills added.
Scriven, who represents himself, told magistrates: I can t get a job and I m skint.
He said he was homeless after his relationship broke down and he was trying to get a flat.
Scriven, 44, care of Stuart Street, was fined £40, with a £34 surcharge and £85 costs.
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Inmate coughed in face of prison officer and said I hope you get Covid
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18:27, 21 APR 2021
HMP Nottingham prison, Perry Road, Sherwood. (Image: Nottingham Post/ Ian Hodgkinson)
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An inmate protesting about being in a cell with a Covid patient coughed in the face of a prison officer and said I hope you get Covid , a court heard.