SEVERAL drivers across the county have been caught this year driving over the speed limit, driving while inebriated or driving while using their phone.
Most people who were sentenced for these incidents received a fine and a disqualification from driving.
However, one incident did result in a jail sentence.
Luke Spencer
The 44-year-old was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment on Wednesday (February 15) at Reading Crown Court after leaving the scene of a three-car collision on January 7.
The accident took place on Rose Kiln Lane near Berkley Avenue between Spencer’s vehicle, a Mercedes CLC, and two other cars, a Land Rover and a Ford Focus.
Spencer, of Lyndhurst Road in Reading, was asked to stop by a Thames Valley Police constable in uniform but instead left the incident.
Judge Sarah Campbell sentenced him to 16 months imprisonment and a disqualification from driving for two years and eight months.
A further two-month prison sentence to run consecutively was given for a failure to provide a specimen for analysis to police with a further one month driving disqualification.
Read more about the sentencing here: Driver JAILED for fleeing scene of three-car crash in Reading
Katherine Remington
The 42-year-old pleaded guilty to driving 72mph on the motorway between junctions 28 and 35A in Yorkshire on October 21 last year.
Remington, of Swallowfield, was caught at about 9.19am on two different speed cameras.
At Sheffield Magistrates’ Court, she was fined a total of £2,330 and has had six points added to her licence.
The fine for speeding was £1,600 with an additional £640 victim surcharge and £90 court costs. Her guilty plea was taken into consideration when she was sentenced.
Read more about the case here: Woman fined more than £2,000 for speeding on M1
Nazim Hussain
The 43-year-old was fined more than £1,000 for driving 35mph on a 30mph speed limit road on July 19 last year.
He was caught in North Kensington driving on the A40 North Wharf Road by a Siemens SafeZone camera system.
Hussain, of Chester Street in Reading, was fined a total of £1,022. The speeding fine was £666 with an additional £266 victim surcharge and £90 worth of court costs to pay.
Read more about the case here: Driver fined more than £1,000 for driving only FIVE miles above speed limit
Viorel Daraban
The 20-year-old was caught on June 6 last year driving while on his phone on the A3 Hook road in London.
At the same time it was discovered that Daraban did not have third party insurance for the Toyota vehicle he was driving at the time.
Daraban, of London Road in Bracknell, was fined £660 for the lack of insurance plus £76 victim surcharges and £100 in court costs. For using his phone, he was charged an additional £100.
Read more about the case here: Driver fined almost £1,000 for using phone and having no insurance
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