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THIS week three drivers appeared before court and were disqualified from driving, some for speeding and some for driving without insurance.

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An Audi car seized by police in Selby Picture: TC David Minto POLICE seized a car in Selby. Traffic Officer David Minto was among officers out in the town yesterday (April 14) looking for drivers committing road offences as part of an ongoing operation across North Yorkshire.  Speaking on Twitter he said: "There’s a moral to this story. If your car is not insured, untaxed, has an expired MOT and you're disqualified from driving, then parking in the limits of the crossing was a poor decision when the traffic policeman is lurking nearby." Earlier this year The Press reported that ...

Traffic constable David Minto A POLICE officer has described how he lay in “overwhelming pain” after being assaulted, as figures show one emergency services worker is attacked every day in North Yorkshire. Traffic constable David Minto couldn’t work for six months due to fractures and extensive ligament damage to his lower leg. His attacker, Shane Anthony Povey, was recently sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison. TC Minto is one of dozens of North Yorkshire’s emergency services workers who been seriously injured in the line of duty. TC Minto's ankle was so badly fracture...

A DRINKER who broke a policeman’s ankle has been jailed for 30 months. Traffic officer David Minto was off work for months and on restricted duties when he did return to duty, York Crown Court heard. Shane Anthony Povey, 38, who had been drinking, was angry police were trying to stop his nephew fighting another man, said Stephen Littlewood, prosecuting. He pushed TC Minto over and as he fell the officer heard his ankle break, and lay in agony. He suffered a broken tibia and fibia and needed surgery twice. Released on bail, Povey badgered a woman for hours with demands for money be...