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03/10/2007
Pensioner Receives Suspended Sentence
A pensioner has been given a suspended sentence for driving while disqualified.
Raymond Paul, 67, from Heath Lodge Square in Belfast has been apprehended driving 48 times while disqualified in a litany of behind the wheel convictions that spans 30 years and contains over 200 recorded offences.
In 1990, Paul was disqualified from driving for 25 years.
Sentencing Paul, Judge Marrinan noted that there had been calls for the maximum custodial sentence for driving whilst disqualified to be increased from one to two years.
Paul was given a suspended sentence, disqualified from driving for another ten years and fined £100 for having no insurance.
(SP)
Raymond Paul, 67, from Heath Lodge Square in Belfast has been apprehended driving 48 times while disqualified in a litany of behind the wheel convictions that spans 30 years and contains over 200 recorded offences.
In 1990, Paul was disqualified from driving for 25 years.
Sentencing Paul, Judge Marrinan noted that there had been calls for the maximum custodial sentence for driving whilst disqualified to be increased from one to two years.
Paul was given a suspended sentence, disqualified from driving for another ten years and fined £100 for having no insurance.
(SP)
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