Teen said he did not know he had been disqualified
Timothy Palin, 19, of Dinmore Avenue, Grange Park, pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified without insurance.
He was sentenced to do 180 hours unpaid work for the community, banned from the road for 17 months and ordered to pay £85 costs with £60 victims’ surcharge by Blackpool magistrates.
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Hide AdProsecutor, Martine Connah, said a police patrol stopped Palin on February 19 at 11pm, as he drove a Renault Megane on the resort’s Beech Road.
He admitted not having a licence and checks showed he had been banned from the road until July this year.