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A disqualified County Durham driver has been banned from driving again after he was caught uninsured at the wheel of a van.
Jake Hopper, 25, of no fixed abode, Spennymoor, was sentenced at Peterlee Magistrates’ Court on October 19, after admitting driving while disqualified and uninsured.
Hopper was caught driving a Ford Transit van on Middridge Road, Newton Aycliffe, on July 23, despite his ban and without third-party insurance.
Magistrates handed Hopper a further six-month driving ban and fined him £750.
He must also pay £85 in Crown Prosecution Service costs and a £300 surcharge.
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The court took Hopper’s guilty pleas into account when sentencing him.
The court ordered him to pay £100 a month from November 16, 2026.
He received no penalty points and no separate punishment for the insurance offence.